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CORONACION FO NAPOLEON
Crowned Emperor of the French at Notre Dame. -
THE BATTEL OF AUSTERLIT
The Battle of Austerlitz, the crushing victory of the Napoleonic army against the Russian-Austrian coalition forces on 2 December 1805, was Napoleon's greatest tactical masterstroke. -
CONTINENTAL SYSTEM
After establishing the Confederation of the Rhine and taking control over Poland.He created the Continental System, designed to blockade and ruin British trade. Napoleon decreed a continental blockade of Britain, prohibiting trade in British goods in Europe. -
PORTUGAL INVASION
After his failed attempt to invade Britain, Napoleon decrees the Continental Blockade, which bans trade in British goods on the European continent. Portugal, a traditional ally of Britain, refuses to comply and Napoleon decides to invade. -
NAMES HIS BROTHER, JOSEPH I, KING OF SPAIN
Napoleon negotiated with him the transfer of the Crown from Charles IV to his son Ferdinand VII and from the latter to Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon's brother, who was officially designated King of Spain. -
WAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
Napoleon's troops entered the Iberian Peninsula. Initially, Spain was an ally of France and Napoleon sought Spain's cooperation in the invasion of Portugal.
The Spanish monarchy cooperated because of the British blockade of Buenos Aires, and because it hoped to secure southern Portugal for itself. -
NAPOLEON DESTROYS THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN
Napoleon's army defeated Russian troops led by Kutuzov in the bloody Battle of Borodino, which claimed 75,000 Imperial and Russian casualties. The victory opened the way to Moscow for the French. -
ATTEMPTED RESURGENCE
He escapes from Elba, returns to France and seizes power. The European nations succeed in defeating him at Waterloo. He is deported to the African island of St Helena.