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1806
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10.14.1806
Battle of Jena-Auerstädt France defeats Prussia |
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1807
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12.17.1807
France issues the Milan Decree, which confirms the Continental System.
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1808
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5.2.1808
Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808. |
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10.14.1808
The Republic of Ragusa is annexed by France.
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1809
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7.6.1809
The second day of the Battle of Wagram sees a French victory over the Austrian army in the largest battle yet of the Napoleonic Wars. |
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12.22.1809
The Non-Intercourse Act, lifting the Embargo Act except for the United Kingdom and France, is passed by the U.S. Congress. |
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1810
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1812
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4.6.1812
British forces under the command of the Duke of Wellington assault the fortress of Badajoz. This would be the turning point in the Peninsular War against Napoleon led France. |
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1813
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3.4.1813
Russian troops fighting the army of Napoleon reach Berlin in Germany and the French garrison evacuates the city without a fight.
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5.20.1813
Napoleon Bonaparte leads his French troops into the Battle of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany, against the combined armies of Russia and Prussia. The battle ends the next day with a French victory. |
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8.23.1813
At the Battle of Grossbeeren, the Prussians under Von Bülow repulse the French army. |
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1814
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1.29.1814
France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne. |
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1815
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3.1.1815
Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.
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1829
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3.22.1829
The three protecting powers ( Britain, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece. |
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1830
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1840
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3.1.1840
Adolphe Thiers becomes prime minister of France.
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1843
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11.28.1843
Ka Lā Hui: Hawaiian Independence Day – The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation. |
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1846
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9.23.1846
Neptune is discovered by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams; the discovery is verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle. |
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1854
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1857
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4.18.1857
Released "The Spirits Book", which marked the birth of Spiritualism in France, by Allan Kardec.
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1859
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6.4.1859
Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat the Austrian army. |
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6.30.1859
French acrobat Charles Blondin crosses Niagara Falls on a tightrope.
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1860
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1862
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5.5.1862
Cinco de Mayo: troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halt a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico. |
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6.5.1862
As the Treaty of Saigon was signed, ceding parts of southern Vietnam to France, the guerrilla leader Truong Dinh decides to defy Emperor Tu Duc of Vietnam and fight on against the Europeans. |
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