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Events relating to napoleon bonaparte
Napoleon crowns himself emperor of the French in a magnificent ceremony in Notre Dame
Napoleon has himself crowned king of Italy in the cathedral in Milan
Napoleon enters Vienna and then defeats an Austrian and Russian army at Austerlitz
Francis II formally brings to an end the 1000-year-old Holy Roman Empire, to keep it from the clutches of Napoleon
Napoleon announces that Holland is to be a kingdom, with his 28-year-old brother Louis Bonaparte on the throne
Napoleon merges the majority of the German states into a Confederation of the Rhine with himself as its protector
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 and the Russian tsar Alexander I meet on a raft at Tilsit and set about carving up Europe
Part of Poland is recovered from Prussia to become the grand duchy of Warsaw, a small state dependent upon Napoleon
Napoleon launches an invasion of Portugal, increasing the likelihood of a Peninsular War
The Portuguese royal family flees to Brazil on the approach of a French army led by Jean-Andoche Junot
Louis-Napoleon, the future Napoleon III, is born in Paris, the son of Napoleon's brother Louis and of Josephine's daughter Hortense
A French army under Joachim Murat advances on Madrid, causing the Spanish royal family to flee
Napoleon transfers his brother Joseph Bonaparte from the throne of Naples to that of Spain
Napoleon gives the throne of Naples, vacated by his brother Joseph, to Joachim Murat
The French capture of Madrid provokes a British response and the resulting Peninsular War
A British army under Arthur Wellesley (later duke of Wellington) defeats the French at Vimeiro, near Lisbon
British commander Arthur Wellesley builds the lines of Torres Vedras, to defend the promontory leading south to Lisbon
Napoleon annexes the Papal States and is excommunicated by the pope, Pius VII
Napoleon, in response to his excommunication, has pope Pius VII arrested and kept in captivity in northern Italy and then France
Napoleon enters Vienna and defeats the Austrians in a battle at nearby Wagram
Napoleon arranges to have his marriage to Josephine annulled so that he can marry the daughter of an emperor
Napoleon marries the Austrian archduchess Marie Louise, daughter of the emperor Francis I
Napoleon launches an attack on his ally, the Russian tsar Alexander I, with an army of more than 600,000 men
