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Events relating to the napoleonic wars
Napoleon contrives a military coup that ends the Directory and gives him sweeping powers as First Consul
Napoleon takes a French army through the Alps before the snows have cleared, and defeats the Austrians at Marengo
Both France and Britain, engaged against each other in the Napoleonic Wars, take the first census of their populations
The treaty agreed at Amiens between France and Britain brings a welcome lull after ten years of warfare in Europe
The peace of Amiens comes to an abrupt end when Britain declares war again on France
Napoleon assembles an invasion fleet against Britain, where Martello towers are hastily built in preparation
Napoleon crowns himself emperor of the French in a magnificent ceremony in Notre Dame
Napoleon enters Vienna and then defeats an Austrian and Russian army at Austerlitz
The British recapture the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch
Napoleon imposes his Continental System, designed to strangle Britain's trade
To counteract Napoleon's Continental System, Britain passes orders in council penalizing any vessel trading into French-held ports
Napoleon arrives back in Paris ahead of the remains of his army, after losing half a million men in the Russian campaign
Wellington crosses the Bidassoa river in the north of Spain, bringing an enemy army on to French soil for the first time in twenty years
The Russian emperor and the Prussian king take a salute in the Champs Elysées after the allies capture Paris
Napoleon abdicates at Fontainebleau and the French senate invites Louis XVIII to return to reclaim his throne
Napoleon slips away from Elba with a fleet of small vessels and lands on the coast of France
Napoleon reaches Paris, already accompanied by an enthusiastic regiment that has joined him on his journey north
The first news of the victory at Waterloo is given to the British government by a private citizen, Nathan Mayer Rothschild
The congress of Vienna leaves the Cape of Good Hope in British hands
Leo Tolstoy publishes the first volume of his epic novel War and Peace, following the lives of several aristocratic families during the Napoleonic wars