Napoleonic Calendar

200th Anniversaries and Commemorations


1793
18 March: The battle of Neerwinden
15–16 October: The battle of Wattignies
19 December: Fall of Toulon



1794
13–14 March: The battle of Hotham and Martin
24 April: Battle of Villers–en–Cauchies
1 June: Battle of 1st of June
26 June: Battle of Fleurus
15 September: Battle of Boxtel



1795
4–5 October: Coup of 13 Vendemiaire and the "whiff of grapeshot"



1769
29 April: Birth of Arthur Wellesley
15 August: Birth of Napoleone Buonaparte



1784
30 October: Bonaparte enters l'Ecole Militaire in Paris as a cadet



1789
17 June: French Revolution begins with formation of National Assembly
14 July: Storming of the Bastille



1792
19 March: Capture of Seringapatam
20 September: The battle of Valmy
6 November: The battle of Jemappes in Holland



1796
12 April: The battle of Montenotte
12 April: The battle of Millesimo
14–15 April: Battles of Dego
21 April: The battle of Mondovi
10 May: Battle of Lodi
30 May: The battle of Borghetto
2 August: First battle of Lonato
5 Ausgust: Second battle of Lonato and battle of Castiglione
4 September: The battle of Roveredo
8 September: The battle of Bassano
15–17 November: The battle of Arcola



> 1797
14 January: The battle of Rivoli
14 February: The battle of Cape St Vincent
11 October: The battle of Camperdown



1798
13 July: The battle of Shubra Khit
21 July: The battle of the Pyramids
1 August The battle of the Nile



1799
25 May: Battle of Stockach
16 April: Battle of Mount Tabor
4–7 June: First battle of Zurich
25 July: Battle of Aboukir
15 August: Battle of Novi
26–30 September: Second Battle of Zurich



1800
20 March: Battle of Heliopolis
3 May: Second battle of Stockach
9 June: Battle of Montebello
14 June: Battle of Marengo
19 June: Battle of Hochstadt
3 December: Battle of Hohenlinden



> 1801
22 March: Second battle of Aboukir
2 April: The battle of Copenhagen
6 and 13 July: The battles of Algeciras



1803 29 November: Battle of Argaum



1805
20 October: Austrians surrender Ulm
21 October: Battle of Trafalgar
28–31 October: Second battle of Caldiero
8 November: Battle of Maria Zell
16 November: Battle of Hollabrunn
2 December: Battle of Austerlitz



1806
4 July: Battle of Maida
12 July: Confederation of the Rhine created
10 October: Battle of Saalfield
14 October: Battles of Jena and Auerstadt
26 December: Battles of Golymin and Pultusk



1807
7–8 February: Battle of Eylau
10 June: The battle of Heilsberg
14 June: The battle of Friedland



1808
14 July: The battle of Medina del Rio Seco
21 July: French force surrenders at Bailen
25 July: Massacre of Evora
16 August: Action of Obidos
17 August: Battle of Rolica
21 August: The battle of Vimiero
23 November: Battle of Tudela
30 November: The battle of Somosierra
21 December: Battle of Sahagun
24 December: Moore begins retreat to Corunna
26 December: Battle of Benavente



1809
16 January: Battle of Corunna
29 March: Marshal Soult captures Oporto, battle of Medellin
20 April: The battle of Abensberg
21 April: Storming of Landshut
22 April: The battle of Eckmuhl
23 April: The storming of Ratisbon
12 May: Battle of Oporto
21–22 May: The battle of Aspern–Essling
14 June: Battle of the Raab
5–6 July: The battle of Wagram
28 July: Battle of Talavera
16 August: Battle of Flushing
19 October: Treaty of Vienna, Peace of Schonbrunn
19 November: The battle of Ocana



1810
16 June: Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo begins
9 July: Bonaparte annexes Holland. Fall of Ciudad Rodrigo
16 August: Start of siege of Almeida
28 August: Fall of Almeida
27 September: Battle of Bussaco
10 October: Massena halted at Lines of Torres Vedras



1811
26 January: First siege of Badajoz
5 March: Battle of Barrossa
Massena retreats from Torres Vedras
11 March: Fall of Badajoz
3 April: Battle of Sabugal
3–5 May: Battle of Fuentes de Onoro
7 May: Second siege of Badajoz
12 May: Raising of siege of Badajoz
16 May: Battle of Albuera
24 May: Siege of Tarragonna
Resumption of siege of Badajoz
19 June: Ceasing of siege of Badajoz
28 June: Fall of Tarragonna
25 September: Battle of El Bodon
28 October: Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos



1812
5 January: Fall of Tarifa
8 January: Second siege of Ciudad Rodrigo begins
19 January: Fall of Ciudad Rodrigo
16 March: Third siege of Badajoz
6 April: Storm of Badajoz
28 June: Battle of Vilna
22 July: The battle of Salamanca
23 July: Action at Garcia Hernandez
28 July: The battle of Vitebsk
17–19 August: Battles of Smolensk, Valutino
17–18 August: First battle of Polotsk
24 August: Siege of Cadiz ends
7 September: Battle of Borodino
19 September: Siege of Burgos
13 October: Battle of Queenston
18 October: Battle of Vinkovo, or Taruntino
22 October: Siege of Burgos ends
24–25 October: Battle of Maloyaroslavets
3 November: Battle of Fiodoroivskoy
14 November: Second battle of Polotsk
17 November: Battle of Krasnoe
27–29 November: Battle of the Beresina



1813
10 March: Siege of Torgau
16 March: Prussia declares war on France
1 May: Death of Bessieres
2 May: Battle of Lutzen
11 May: Fall of Torgau
. 20–21 May: Battle of Bautzen
28–29 May: Battle of Sackett's Harbour
21 June: Battle of Vitoria
22 June: Siege of Pamplona
27 June: Siege of San Sebastian
25 July: Battles of Maya and Roncesvalles
27–30 July: Battle of Sorauren
23 August: Battle of Gross Beeren
26–27 August: Battle of Dresde
30 August: Battle of Kulm
31 August: Fall of San Sebastia
1 September: Battle of Vera
6 September: Battle of Dennewitz
10 September: Battle of Lake Erie
12 September: Battle of Ordal
13 September: Battle of Villafranca
3 October: Battle of Wartenberg
4 October: Second siege of Torgau
7 October: Second battle of Vera
16 October: Battles of Lindenau, Mockern
16–19 October: Battle of Leipzig
30 October: Fall of Torgau
10 November: Battle of the Nivelle
11 November: Chryslers Farm, Canada – Where 800 British Regulars (2 weak battalions) backed up by 200 Canadian militia, Voltigeurs and Indians fought an open battle with 3,000 US Regulars and beat them clear off the field. It stopped the US advance on Montreal dead in its tracks
9–12 November: Battle of the River Nive
11 December: Treaty of Valencay
13 December: Battle of St Pierre



1814
29 January: The battle of Brienne
1 February: The battle of La Rothiere
10 February: The battle of Champaubert
11 February: The battle of Montmirail
14 February: The battle of Vauchamps
27 February: The battle of Orthez
9–10 March: The battle of Laon
13 March: The battle of Rheims
17 March: The battle of Fismes
20 March: The battle of Tarbes
20–21 March: The battle of Arcis–sur–Aube
25 March: Battle of La–Fere–Champenoise
10 April: The battle of Toulous
27 May: End of siege of Hamburg
25 July: Lundy's Lane to that point, the bloodiest engagement in North America. There were 3,000 British/Canadian militia and about 2,100 US troops engaged and between them they amassed over 1600 casualties – a 33% casualty rate! The US troops withdrew the following day leaving us possession of the field and once again Canada was saved. It was also an unusual engagement for being fought largely in the dark. A much neglected subject in Great Britain where it is usually overshadowed by the wider European conflict
24 August: The battle of Bladensburg



1815
8 January: Battle of New Orleans
3 May: Murat beaten at battle of Tolentino
16 June: Battles of Quatre Bras and Ligny
18 June: Battles of Waterloo, Wavr
28 June: Battle of Le Souffe
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