Battle of Leipzig
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The Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations, was a decisive 1813 defeat of Napoleon’s forces by a coalition of European powers, marking a major turning point in the Napoleonic Wars.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Leipzig canonical | 53 |
| Battle of Leipzig (1813) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Napoleonic Wars battle
ⓘ
battle ⓘ decisive battle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of the Nations ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Austrian Empire
First French Empire ⓘ Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ |
| cause | Sixth Coalition’s effort to expel French forces from Germany ⓘ |
| combatantCommander |
Nicolas Soult
ⓘ
surface form:
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
Joachim Murat ⓘ Michel Ney ⓘ |
| commander |
Karl XIII of Sweden
ⓘ
surface form:
Crown Prince Charles John of Sweden
Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Frederick William III of Prussia
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg ⓘ Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ Alexander I of Russia ⓘ
surface form:
Tsar Alexander I of Russia
|
| conflict | War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Saxony ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of the largest battles in Europe prior to World War I ⓘ |
| endDate | 1813-10-19 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
French campaign of 1814
ⓘ
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814) ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
encouraged German nationalism
ⓘ
ended French control over much of Germany ⓘ forced Napoleon’s retreat westward ⓘ led to the invasion of France in 1814 ⓘ precipitated Napoleon’s first abdication ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Napoleonic era ⓘ |
| location |
Kingdom of Saxony
ⓘ
Leipzig ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Leipzig
ⓘ
surface form:
city of Leipzig
|
| numberOfCasualties | over 80000 ⓘ |
| numberOfCombatants | over 500000 ⓘ |
| opponent |
Coalition powers
ⓘ
First French Empire ⓘ |
| partOf |
War of the Sixth Coalition
ⓘ
surface form:
German campaign of 1813
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| pointInTime | October 1813 ⓘ |
| precededBy |
War of the Sixth Coalition
ⓘ
surface form:
German campaign of 1813
|
| result | decisive Coalition victory ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
defection of Saxon troops to the Coalition
ⓘ
destruction of the bridge over the Elster River ⓘ |
| startDate | 1813-10-16 ⓘ |
| strategicObjective | break Napoleon’s control of central Europe ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Battle of Leipzig (1813)
subject surface form:
Saxony