December 22: For his brilliant tactical command (although a subordinate officer, he was widely credited for the victory) at an internal French
Siege of Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of
brigadier general
1794
August 9–20: Napoleon is imprisoned under suspicion of being a
Jacobin and a supporter of
Robespierre.
1795
October: Royalist
13 Vendémiaire rising put down by Napoleon.
Barras helps Napoleon win promotion to Commander of the Interior
August 3: Under the command of Admiral Nelson, the British fleet destroys the French navy in the
Battle of the Nile. Napoleon's army is cut off from supplies and communication
Napoleonic era
1799
August 23: Receiving news of turmoil in France, Napoleon relinquishes command in Egypt to
Kléber and returns to Paris, a so-called Coup d’état
March 30: Napoleon names his brother,
Joseph Bonaparte,
King of Naples, and appoints other family members to various other posts
July 12:
Confederation of the Rhine established with Napoleon as
Protector. Initially had 16 member states, later others added, including kingdoms of Saxony and Westphalia
May 2: Spanish people rise up against France. Often referred to as Dos de Mayo Uprising
May 3: Napoleon's soldiers retaliate for uprising by brutally executing Spanish citizens (famously depicted in Goya's
The Third of May 1808)
July 7: Joseph crowned King of Spain after Portugal revolts against the Continental System/blockade Napoleon had put in place. Napoleon collected five armies to advance into Portugal and 'bullied' the Spanish royal family into resigning
September 14: Napoleon arrives in Moscow to find the city abandoned and set alight by the inhabitants; retreating in the midst of a frigid winter, the army suffers great losses
October 19: Beginning of the
Great Retreat from Moscow
Jack Allen Meyer (1987). An Annotated Bibliography of the Napoleonic Era: Recent Publications, 1945-1985ISBN0-313-24901-6
Further reading
William Leonard Langer & Peter N. Stearns. The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically, Edition: 6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001
ISBN0-395-65237-5,
ISBN978-0-395-65237-4 Chapter "The Napoleonic Period, 1799-1815",
pp. 435–441
December 22: For his brilliant tactical command (although a subordinate officer, he was widely credited for the victory) at an internal French
Siege of Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of
brigadier general
1794
August 9–20: Napoleon is imprisoned under suspicion of being a
Jacobin and a supporter of
Robespierre.
1795
October: Royalist
13 Vendémiaire rising put down by Napoleon.
Barras helps Napoleon win promotion to Commander of the Interior
August 3: Under the command of Admiral Nelson, the British fleet destroys the French navy in the
Battle of the Nile. Napoleon's army is cut off from supplies and communication
Napoleonic era
1799
August 23: Receiving news of turmoil in France, Napoleon relinquishes command in Egypt to
Kléber and returns to Paris, a so-called Coup d’état
March 30: Napoleon names his brother,
Joseph Bonaparte,
King of Naples, and appoints other family members to various other posts
July 12:
Confederation of the Rhine established with Napoleon as
Protector. Initially had 16 member states, later others added, including kingdoms of Saxony and Westphalia
May 2: Spanish people rise up against France. Often referred to as Dos de Mayo Uprising
May 3: Napoleon's soldiers retaliate for uprising by brutally executing Spanish citizens (famously depicted in Goya's
The Third of May 1808)
July 7: Joseph crowned King of Spain after Portugal revolts against the Continental System/blockade Napoleon had put in place. Napoleon collected five armies to advance into Portugal and 'bullied' the Spanish royal family into resigning
September 14: Napoleon arrives in Moscow to find the city abandoned and set alight by the inhabitants; retreating in the midst of a frigid winter, the army suffers great losses
October 19: Beginning of the
Great Retreat from Moscow
Jack Allen Meyer (1987). An Annotated Bibliography of the Napoleonic Era: Recent Publications, 1945-1985ISBN0-313-24901-6
Further reading
William Leonard Langer & Peter N. Stearns. The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically, Edition: 6, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001
ISBN0-395-65237-5,
ISBN978-0-395-65237-4 Chapter "The Napoleonic Period, 1799-1815",
pp. 435–441