Napoleonic Era Wars

A list of the Napoleonic wars and a brief description of what happened.

The First Coalition
1792-1795. France vs Austria, Prussia, Britain, Spain, Netherlands. Treaty of Basel signed excluding Britain and Austria, thus they were still at war with France, joined by Spain. France declared a republic; French king executed.

Italian Campaign
1795-1797. France vs Austria. Treaty of Campio Formio.

The Egyptian Campaign
1798-1801. France vs Britain and the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). Napoleon left in 1799 then the French in 1801.

The Second Coalition
1798-1802. France bs Britain, Austria, Russia, Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Naples. Napoleon makes himself First Consul.

The Third Coalition
1804-1805. France vs Britain, Austria, Russia, Sweden. Treaty of Pressburg. Napoleon declarded himself Emperor.

The Fourth Coalition
1806-1807. France vs Britain, Russia, Prussia. Treaty of Tilsit. Continental System established.

The Peninsular War
1808-1814. France vs Britain, Portugal, Spain. USA declared war on Britain in 1812-1814.

The Fifth Coalition
1809. France vs Britain and Austria. Treaty of Schonbrunn.

The Invasion of Russia
1812. France vs Russia. French defeated.

The Sixth Coalition
1813-1814. France vs Britain, Russia, Austria, Prussia. Treaties of Fontainebleau and Paris.

The Hundred Days
1815. France vs Britain, Russia, Austria, Prussia. Treaty of Paris. Napoleon's army defeated, France loses all territories gained over the period.