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Italian Campaign (red)
A series of conflicts in the French Revolutionary War fought between the French Revolutionary Army and Coalitions of Austria, Russia, Piedmont-Sardinia, and a number of other Italian states. -
Egyptian Campaign (yellow)
Napoleon’s campaign in the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Syria, promised to defend French trade interests, look further into alliances with Tipu Sultan, weaken Britain’s access to India, and establish scientific enterprises in that region. -
Consulate (Green)
During the French Revolution, the constitution of the year VIII created an executive consisting of three consuls, Napoleon, the First Consul, held the most power. The principles of representation and legislative supremacy were discarded. -
Banque de France (green)
The central bank of France, discovered in 1800, began as a private institution for managing state debt and issuing notes. -
Concordat of 1801 (green)
An agreement between Napoleon and clerical representatives in both Rome and Paris, that defined the status of the Roman Catholic Church in France. It also ended the breach caused by the church reforms and confiscations enacted during the revolution. -
Consul for Life (green)
Napoleon proclaimed himself First Consul for Life, later became the heredity emperor of the French. -
Napoleonic Code (green)
The French civil code established under the French consulate. -
Declared Self Emperor (yellow)
Napoleon made himself emperor and made his wife, Josephine empress. Rather than having the pope crown him, he took the crown and placed it in his own head, then crowned his wife. -
Battle of Trafalgar (red)
A battle fought by the British Royal Navy against them combined fleets of French and Spanish Navies during the war of the Third Coalition. -
Abolishment of Holy Roman Empire (green)
After surviving for over a thousand years, Napoleon destroyed it with the help of the French. -
Resistance in Spain (yellow)
Napoleon invaded Spain and began the Peninsular War, an important phase in the Napoleonic wars. -
Invasion of Russia (Yellow)
Known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812, Napoleon’s Grande Armée crossed the Neman River in an attempt to defeat the Russian Army. -
Battle of Nations at Leipzig (red)
After leaving Russia in 1812, they went to Germany to take up a new offense, they failed to take Berlin, and were threatened by allied armies though Leipzig, where they concentrated their forces. -
Abdiction (red)
A treaty signed in Fontainebleau France by Napoleon, Austria, Russia, and Prussia. This treaty sent Napoleon into exile on Elba and ended his time as emperor. -
Hundred Days (red)
Hundred Days War, also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition, taking place in the period between napoleons return from exile on the island of Elba to Paris. -
Battle of Waterloo (red)
Took place in Belgium, marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte. Also marked France’s domination in Europe. -
Continental System (red)
A blockade designed by Napoleon to paralyze Great Britain through destruction of British commerce. Neutrals and French allies were not to trade with the British.
