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The Russian army under Marshal Kutuzov confronts the advancing French at Borodino, and though defeated makes a successful withdrawal
After victory at Borodino, Napoleon enters Moscow to find the city abandoned and burning
Napoleon begins the retreat from Moscow, in arctic conditions and harried by guerrilla attacks
Napoleon arrives back in Paris ahead of the remains of his army, after losing half a million men in the Russian campaign
The king of Prussia, Frederick William III, changes sides and declares war on France
Wellington defeats Napoleon's brother Joseph at Vitoria, and captures his valuable baggage train
In a treaty with Russia and Prussia at Reichenbach, Austria agrees to declare war on France
Wellington crosses the Bidassoa river in the north of Spain, bringing an enemy army on to French soil for the first time in twenty years
The allies inflict a heavy defeat on Napoleon at Leipzig, in the so-called Battle of the Nations
Napoleon's first empress, Josephine, dies near Paris
The Russian emperor and the Prussian king take a salute in the Champs Elysées after the allies capture Paris
Napoleon abdicates at Fontainebleau and the French senate invites Louis XVIII to return to reclaim his throne
Napoleon goes into exile on the island of Elba, which he immediately treats as a miniature state in need of improvement
The crowned heads of Europe and their representatives gather in Vienna to tidy up the post-Napoleonic continent
Napoleon slips away from Elba with a fleet of small vessels and lands on the coast of France
Napoleon reaches Paris, already accompanied by an enthusiastic regiment that has joined him on his journey north
The English and Prussian generals Wellington and Blücher defeat Napoleon in a closely fought battle at Waterloo
Napoleon, held on a British warship off Torquay and hoping now to live in Britain, becomes an instant tourist attraction
Napoleon is sent to a more secure place of exile, the rocky Atlantic island of St Helena
Napoleon dies on St Helena, after six years of captivity
Napoleon's son, known now as the Duke of Reichstadt, dies of tuberculosis in Vienna
Napoleon's remains are brought to Paris for burial in Les Invalides, as the Napoleonic legend grows
Napoleon's widow, the empress Marie Louise, now the duchess of Parma, dies in Parma
