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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Jean Victor Marie Moreau era Napoleonic era
Battle of Barrosa historicalEra Napoleonic era
Salon of 1808 historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
Prussian II Corps historicalEra Napoleonic era
Pierre-Claude-François Daunou era Napoleonic era
The Triumph of 1810 depictsTimePeriod Napoleonic era
8th Dragoons (France) historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
Duke of Piacenza inception Napoleonic era
Robert Heriot Barclay commanded the British squadron historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
subject surface form: Robert Heriot Barclay
this entity surface form: Napoleonic Wars era
Siege of Fort Erie historicalEra Napoleonic era
Emmanuel de Grouchy era Napoleonic era
Étienne Maurice Gérard era Napoleonic era
Flag of the Grand Duchy of Berg usedIn Napoleonic era
Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy appliesDuring Napoleonic era
this entity surface form: reign of Napoleon I
Kings of Parma associatedWith Napoleonic era
Une ténébreuse affaire settingPeriod Napoleonic era
Comtesse Ferraud is Chabert's former wife timePeriod Napoleonic era
subject surface form: Comtesse Ferraud
Treaty of Tripoli (1805) timePeriod Napoleonic era
Adieu settingPeriod Napoleonic era
Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes era Napoleonic era
Electorate of Regensburg era Napoleonic era
Milan Decree historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
First Restoration precededBy Napoleonic era
this entity surface form: Reign of Napoleon I
Thomas-Alexandre historicalPeriod Napoleonic era
subject surface form: Thomas-Alexandre Dumas
Frederick I of Württemberg era Napoleonic era
Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry exilePeriod Napoleonic era
this entity surface form: French Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras
Swiss nobility underwentChangeDuring Napoleonic era
Batavian Constitution of 1801 locatedInTimePeriod Napoleonic era
this entity surface form: French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era
King of Etruria hasHistoricalPeriod Napoleonic era
this entity surface form: French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era
Chamber of Representatives historicalEra Napoleonic era
subject surface form: Chamber of Representatives (France, 1815)
Prince of Piombino hasTimePeriod Napoleonic era
Prince of Lucca hasHistoricalPeriod Napoleonic era
Elisa Baciocchi era Napoleonic era
Grand Duchy of Würzburg partOf Napoleonic era
this entity surface form: Napoleonic Europe
House of Murat associatedWithPeriod Napoleonic era
Georg Sverdrup era Napoleonic era