Napoleonic era

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The Napoleonic era was the period of European history dominated by Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise, rule, and wars from the late 1790s to his defeat in 1815, marked by sweeping political, military, and legal transformations across the continent.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era of European history
historical period
describedBySource European military history
French legal history
endTime 1815
followed French Revolutionary Wars
surface form: French Revolutionary period
followedBy Concert of Europe
surface form: Concert of Europe period

First Bourbon Restoration
surface form: Restoration era in France
hasEffect codification of laws in the Napoleonic Code
decline of the Holy Roman Empire
development of modern staff systems in armies
expansion of conscription systems
growth of mass warfare
modernization of European armies
redrawing of European borders
reorganization of German states
rise of British naval supremacy
rise of Prussia
secularization of church lands in parts of Europe
spread of liberal and revolutionary ideas
spread of metric system in Europe
spread of nationalism in Europe
stimulus to Latin American independence movements
strengthening of centralized state administration in France
temporary French hegemony in continental Europe
weakening of Spain
hasPart Consulate period
First French Empire
French Revolutionary Wars
surface form: French Revolutionary Wars (late phase)

Hundred Days
Napoleonic Wars
location Atlantic world
Europe
Mediterranean region
mainSubject Napoleon Bonaparte
namedAfter Napoleon Bonaparte
partOf The Age of Revolution
surface form: Age of Revolution

long 19th century
significantEvent Battle of Austerlitz
Battle of Leipzig
Battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Waterloo
Congress of Vienna
Proclamation of Napoleon I as Emperor of the French in 1804
surface form: Coronation of Napoleon I

Coup of 18 Brumaire
Exile to Elba
Exile to Saint Helena
French invasion of Russia
Napoleonic invasion of Spain
surface form: Peninsular War
startTime 1799

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Napoleon Bonaparte allegiance Napoleonic era
this entity surface form: French First Empire
Consul for Life associatedWith Napoleonic era
Neoclassicism associatedWith Napoleonic era
subject surface form: Royal Palace of Louis Bonaparte
Alexander I of Russia era Napoleonic era
Battle of Orthes era Napoleonic era
subject surface form: Battle of Orthez
French Constitution of 1802 era Napoleonic era
Jacques-François Menou era Napoleonic era
Joachim Murat era Napoleonic era
Louis Pierre Vieillot era Napoleonic era
Madame de Staël era Napoleonic era
Princess of Lucca and Piombino era Napoleonic era
Treaty of Lunéville era Napoleonic era
this entity surface form: Napoleonic era (early phase)
Coup of 18 Brumaire followedBy Napoleonic era
this entity surface form: Napoleonic Consulate
French Revolution followedBy Napoleonic era
Bourbon Restoration follows Napoleonic era
Empress of the French historicalEra Napoleonic era
First Serbian Uprising historicalEra Napoleonic era
French Consulate historicalEra Napoleonic era
Grand Duchy of Baden historicalEra Napoleonic era
Kingdom of Etruria historicalEra Napoleonic era
this entity surface form: French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period
Kingdom of Italy historicalEra Napoleonic era
subject surface form: Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
Batavian army historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
Battle of Vitoria historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
Napoleon’s bedroom historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
Prince of Neuchâtel historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
Sénat conservateur historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
Thomas Foley historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
this entity surface form: French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era
Tribunate historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
French Empire locatedInTimePeriod Napoleonic era
Duchy of Warsaw partOf Napoleonic era
this entity surface form: Napoleonic system
Kingdom of Italy partOf Napoleonic era
subject surface form: Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
this entity surface form: Napoleonic sphere of influence
Tribunate partOf Napoleonic era
this entity surface form: Napoleonic political system
this entity surface form: Napoleonic reorganization of Europe
Jacques-Louis David participantIn Napoleonic era
French plebiscite of 1802 relatedTo Napoleonic era
Army of the Rhine timePeriod Napoleonic era