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| 1799 |
| | Napoleon, in Syria, orders 3000 captured defenders of Jaffa to be killed by bayonet or drowning to save ammunition | |
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| 1799 |
| | Napoleon abandons his army in Egypt and returns hastily to Paris at a time of great political opportunity | |
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| 1799 |
| | Napoleon contrives a military coup that ends the Directory and gives him sweeping powers as First Consul | |
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| 1800 |
| | Napoleon takes a French army through the Alps before the snows have cleared, and defeats the Austrians at Marengo | |
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| 1801 |
| | Horatio Nelson puts his telescope to his blind eye when the signal is given to withdraw from Copenhagen harbour | |
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| 1801 |
| | Both France and Britain, engaged against each other in the Napoleonic Wars, take the first census of their populations | |
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| 1802 |
| | The treaty agreed at Amiens between France and Britain brings a welcome lull after ten years of warfare in Europe | |
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| 1803 |
| | The peace of Amiens comes to an abrupt end when Britain declares war again on France | |
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| 1803 |
| | Napoleon assembles an invasion fleet against Britain, where Martello towers are hastily built in preparation | |
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| 1804 |
| | Napoleon crowns himself emperor of the French in a magnificent ceremony in Notre Dame | |
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