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11. Aug. 2024 · Napoleon I - Continental System, Trafalgar, Waterloo: From 1803 to 1805 Napoleon had only the British to fight; and again France could hope for victory only by landing an army in the British Isles, whereas the British could defeat Napoleon only by forming a Continental coalition against him. Napoleon began to prepare an invasion again, this time with greater conviction and on a larger scale ...
Vor 2 Tagen · Mehrfach hatte Humboldt während der Vorbereitungszeit seine Pläne wegen politischer und kriegerischer Verwicklungen im Zeichen des aufstrebenden Generals Napoleon Bonaparte ändern und bereits begonnene Reiseaktivitäten abbrechen müssen, zuletzt im Dezember 1798 den Versuch, von Südfrankreich aus auf ein Schiff zu gelangen, das Bonpland und ihm den Anschluss an die ägyptische Expedition ...
Vor 6 Tagen · France - Revolution, Equality, Liberty: If the Consulate’s motto was “Authority from above, confidence from below,” Napoleon’s religious policy helped secure that confidence. The concordat negotiated with the papacy in 1802 reintegrated the Roman Catholic Church into French society and ended the cycle of bare toleration and persecution that had begun in 1792. Having immediately halted ...
23. Aug. 2024 · Battle of Austerlitz (December 2, 1805), the first engagement of the War of the Third Coalition and one of Napoleon’s greatest victories. His 68,000 troops defeated almost 90,000 Russians and Austrians, forcing Austria to make peace with France and keeping Prussia temporarily out of the anti-French alliance.
9. Aug. 2024 · Napoleonic Code, French civil code enacted on March 21, 1804, and still extant, with revisions, that was the main influence on the 19th-century civil codes of most countries of continental Europe and Latin America. Learn more about the Napoleonic Code’s development, contents, and influence in this article.
Vor 3 Tagen · The Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia, led by Tsar Alexander I and Karl von Schwarzenberg, decisively defeated the Grande Armée of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon's army also contained Polish and Italian troops, as well as Germans from the Confederation of the Rhine (mainly Saxony and Württemberg).
Vor 6 Tagen · Even when they resisted Napoleon’s efforts to control their destinies, contemporaries of all European nations were fascinated by the Napoleonic legend unfolding before their eyes. This source is a part of the The Napoleonic Experience teaching module.
