Coalition Wars

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European war Napoleonic conflict series of wars

The Coalition Wars, more commonly known as the Napoleonic Wars, were a series of major early-19th-century conflicts in which shifting alliances of European powers fought against Napoleonic France for dominance of the continent.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European war ⓘ Napoleonic conflict ⓘ series of wars ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
cause	French Revolutionary expansion ⓘ struggle for European hegemony ⓘ
endDate	1815 ⓘ
endedBy	abdication of Napoleon in 1814 ⓘ defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815 ⓘ
geopoliticalScope	global ⓘ
impact	decline of Holy Roman Empire ⓘ military reforms in Prussia and other states ⓘ rise of British naval and colonial supremacy ⓘ rise of nationalism in Europe ⓘ
includes	French invasion of Russia ⓘ Napoleonic Wars ⓘ surface form: Peninsular War War of the Fifth Coalition ⓘ War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ War of the Seventh Coalition ⓘ War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ War of the Third Coalition ⓘ
involved	coalitions of European powers against France ⓘ
ledBy	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
mainTheater	Europe ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Austerlitz ⓘ Battle of the Moskva ⓘ surface form: Battle of Borodino Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ Battle of Leipzig ⓘ Battle of Wagram ⓘ Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
opponent	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
precededBy	French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
primaryBelligerent	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austrian Empire First French Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Naples ⓘ Portugal ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Portugal Prussia ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Prussia Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ Kingdom of Spain ⓘ Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
result	Treaty of Vienna (Final Act of the Congress of Vienna) ⓘ surface form: Congress of Vienna settlement defeat of Napoleonic France ⓘ redrawing of European borders ⓘ restoration of Bourbon monarchy in France ⓘ
startDate	1803 ⓘ
successorEvent	Congress of Vienna ⓘ
timePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ

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