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| 1807 |
| | | Napoleon and the Russian tsar Alexander I meet on a raft at Tilsit and set about carving up Europe | |
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| 1808 |
| | | Russia, after winning much of Finland from Sweden during the previous century, invades again in 1808 | |
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| 1809 |
| | | In the Treaty of Hamina (or Fredrikshamn), Sweden cedes Finland to Russia as an autonomous grand duchy | |
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| 1812 |
| | | Napoleon launches an attack on his ally, the Russian tsar Alexander I, with an army of more than 600,000 men | |
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| 1812 |
| | | The French author Stendhal serves in the French army during the invasion of Russia | |
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| 1812 |
| | | The Russian army under Marshal Kutuzov confronts the advancing French at Borodino, and though defeated makes a successful withdrawal | |
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| 1812 |
| | | After victory at Borodino, Napoleon enters Moscow to find the city abandoned and burning | |
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| 1812 |
| | | Napoleon begins the retreat from Moscow, in arctic conditions and harried by guerrilla attacks | |
|  | Napoleon on the retreat from Moscow, after painting by Delort
Mary Evans Picture Library
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| 1812 |
| | | Napoleon arrives back in Paris ahead of the remains of his army, after losing half a million men in the Russian campaign | |
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| 1813 |
| | | In a treaty with Russia and Prussia at Reichenbach, Austria agrees to declare war on France | |
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