Napoleonic Wars

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European conflict series of wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of major early-19th-century conflicts pitting Napoleonic France against various European coalitions, reshaping the continent’s political order and leading to Napoleon Bonaparte’s eventual defeat.

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Napoleonic Wars canonical 1,213
Napoleonic Wars era 6
Peninsular War 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European conflict ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Coalition Wars ⓘ
cause French Revolutionary expansionism ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power ⓘ
conflictOf First French Empire ⓘ
various European coalitions ⓘ
endCause abdication of Napoleon in 1815 ⓘ
defeat at the Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
endTime 1815 ⓘ
estimatedCasualties millions of military and civilian deaths ⓘ
followedBy Congress of Vienna order ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
surface form: Pax Britannica
hasPart French invasion of Russia ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Peninsular War

War of the Fifth Coalition ⓘ
War of the Fourth Coalition ⓘ
War of the Second Coalition ⓘ
War of the Seventh Coalition ⓘ
War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ
War of the Third Coalition ⓘ
influenced European nationalism ⓘ
decline of Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
military tactics and strategy ⓘ
keyEvent Congress of Vienna ⓘ
Continental System ⓘ
Hundred Days ⓘ
French invasion of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Invasion of Russia in 1812

Treaty of Tilsit ⓘ
location Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
mainBelligerent Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Austrian Empire

Brunswick ⓘ
Confederation of the Rhine ⓘ
Denmark–Norway ⓘ
Duchy of Warsaw ⓘ
First French Empire ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Baden ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Berg ⓘ
Hanover ⓘ
Kingdom of Bavaria ⓘ
Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
Kingdom of Naples ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Portugal

Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Sardinia ⓘ
Saxony ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Saxony

Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Sweden

Kingdom of Westphalia ⓘ
Kingdom of Württemberg ⓘ
Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
surface form: Swiss Confederation

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Aspern-Essling ⓘ
Battle of Austerlitz ⓘ
Battle of Borodino ⓘ
Battle of Friedland ⓘ
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt ⓘ
Battle of Leipzig ⓘ
Battle of Ligny ⓘ
Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ
Battle of Salamanca ⓘ
Battle of Talavera ⓘ
Battle of Trafalgar ⓘ
Battle of Vitoria ⓘ
Battle of Wagram ⓘ
Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
precededBy French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
relatedTo Congress of Vienna ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
Industrial Revolution ⓘ
result British naval supremacy ⓘ
defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
establishment of Concert of Europe ⓘ
redrawing of European borders ⓘ
restoration of Bourbon monarchy in France ⓘ
significantCommander Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ⓘ
Francis I of Austria ⓘ
Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Frederick William III of Prussia

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ⓘ
Horatio Nelson ⓘ
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg ⓘ
Mikhail Kutuzov ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
Alexander I of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Tsar Alexander I of Russia
startTime 1803 ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ

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British Army → engagedIn → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Spanish Empire → significantEvent → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleonic invasion of Spain
Napoleon Bonaparte → knownFor → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Napoleon Bonaparte → leaderDuring → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Secretary of State for War → associatedWithConflict → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars → followedBy → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Royal Navy → notableConflict → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
House of Romanov → notableEventDuringRule → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
English Channel → wasStrategicIn → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
George III of the United Kingdom → associatedEvent → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
British Empire → significantEvent → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Age of Sail → associatedWithEvent → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
The Age of Revolution → notableEventCovered → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Latin American independence movements → influencedBy → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
First Government Junta of Chile → triggeredBy → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleonic invasion of Spain
Georgian era → hasPart → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
War of 1812 → partOf → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleonic Wars era
Napoleonic Wars → hasPart → Napoleonic Wars self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peninsular War
Russian Empire → majorWar → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Royal Regiment of Artillery → engagement → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Household Cavalry → engagement → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Spanish Army → significantEvent → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peninsular War
French colonial empire → significantEvent → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
French Army → engagedIn → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Spanish Navy → participatedIn → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Hundred Days → partOf → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
15th Hussars → conflict → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
15th Hussars → conflict → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peninsular War
Alexander Cochrane → conflict → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Kingdom of Württemberg → event → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Military history of the United Kingdom → significantEvent → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
House of Bourbon → playedRoleIn → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Arc de Triomphe → commemoratesEvent → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
French Navy → engagedInConflict → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire → dissolutionCause → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Pour le Mérite → usedInConflict → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Royal Engineers → engagement → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Horatio Nelson → conflict → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Continental System → appliedDuring → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Continental System → contributedTo → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peninsular War
William I of the Netherlands → participatedIn → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Napoleonic Wars (as opponent of France)
Prussia → event → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Hesse-Kassel → era → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Charles IV of Spain → notableEvent → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peninsular War (context of abdication)
House of Hanover → notableEventDuringRule → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Kingdom of Sardinia → participatedIn → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Napoleon Crossing the Alps → mainSubject → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Inchkeith → usedDuringConflict → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy → involvedIn → Napoleonic Wars ⓘ