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The 169 pages that link to Napoleon Bonaparte, each with the reason it gives.
Treaty of Fontainebleau (1807)Related: He used the agreement to extend French military control into the Iberian Peninsula.
War of the Third CoalitionRelated: His territorial ambitions were the central object of coalition opposition.
French Revolutionary ArmyRelated: His early campaigns drew on revolutionary soldiers and military reforms.
Gebhard Leberecht von BlücherRelated: Blücher repeatedly opposed Napoleon, including in the campaigns of 1813 and 1815.
Lazare CarnotRelated: Carnot later served Napoleon as minister of war and briefly opposed his return in 1815.
Act of MediationRelated: He imposed the settlement after mediating among competing Swiss factions.
Bayonne AbdicationsRelated: He engineered the transfers and used them to install his brother in Spain.
Ferdinand de LessepsRelated: Lesseps inherited plans linked to Napoleon’s earlier, unsuccessful exploration of a canal across Panama.
French DirectoryRelated: His coup ended the Directory and replaced it with the Consulate.
Abolition of slavery in FranceRelated: His government reversed the 1794 policy in colonies where it could reimpose slavery.
Emmanuel Joseph SieyèsRelated: Bonaparte partnered with Sieyès in the coup, then displaced his planned political arrangement.
French Legion of HonourRelated: As First Consul, he founded the Legion of Honour in 1802.
Gaspard MongeRelated: Monge joined Napoleon’s Egyptian expedition and maintained a close political association with him.
Joseph FouchéRelated: Fouché served as Napoleon’s police minister, though their relationship mixed cooperation with mutual suspicion.
Rigas FeraiosRelated: Rigas sought French support for Balkan liberation during Napoleon’s Italian campaign.
Treaty of SchönbrunnRelated: His victory determined the treaty’s terms.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-PérigordRelated: Talleyrand served as Napoleon’s foreign minister before breaking with his expansionist policies.
Collège de FranceRelated: His regime restored the institution after revolutionary disruption and preserved its role in higher learning.
Michel NeyRelated: Ney served Napoleon across campaigns and returned to his command during the Hundred Days.
Milan CathedralRelated: He ordered the façade’s completion for his coronation as King of Italy in Milan in 1805.
The Third of May 1808Related: Napoleon’s intervention in Spain brought French troops into Madrid and helped ignite revolt.
War of the Second CoalitionRelated: His Italian campaign helped reverse French fortunes against Austria.
Battle of MarengoRelated: He commanded the French army and used the victory to reinforce his authority.
Battle of WagramRelated: He commanded the French forces and committed reserves as the battle threatened his center.
Cisalpine RepublicRelated: As commander of the French army in Italy, he helped establish and shape the republic.
Claude Louis BertholletRelated: Berthollet joined Napoleon’s scientific expedition to Egypt and later served in state institutions.
Joséphine de BeauharnaisRelated: Their marriage made Joséphine empress and tied her fortunes to Napoleon’s rise.
MainzRelated: Napoleonic rule transformed Mainz’s status and fortifications during the French period.
StendhalRelated: Beyle admired Napoleon and served the regime whose rise and fall shaped his generation.
War of the Fifth CoalitionRelated: He commanded the French response and negotiated the peace after Wagram.
André MassénaRelated: Napoleon made Masséna a marshal and entrusted him with major independent commands.
Battle of EylauRelated: Napoleon commanded the French army and sought to force a decision against the Allies.
Fourth Anglo-Mysore WarRelated: Napoleon’s 1798 Egyptian expedition heightened British fears of French influence reaching Mysore.
François-René de ChateaubriandRelated: Chateaubriand first served Napoleon’s regime, then became a prominent critic.
Marquis de SadeRelated: Napoleon ordered the seizure of de Sade’s novel Justine, reinforcing its suppression.
Pope Pius VIRelated: As a rising French commander, he led the campaign that compelled the 1797 treaty.
Quasi-WarRelated: After taking power, he pursued negotiations that led to peace with the United States.
Regency of AlgiersRelated: The French invasion of Egypt intensified Algiers’s conflict with France over debts and diplomacy.
Antoine-Jean GrosRelated: Napoleon’s patronage and propaganda needs gave Gros his defining subjects.
Battle of Aspern–EsslingRelated: He personally directed the French effort to establish a bridgehead north of the Danube.
Fall of the Republic of VeniceRelated: His military pressure and diplomatic decisions brought about Venice’s abdication and transfer.
Louis-Nicolas DavoutRelated: Davout served Napoleon through the Empire’s major campaigns and remained a leading marshal.
Napoleon's theoremRelated: The theorem bears his name, though a connection between him and its discovery is unverified.
Antonio CanovaRelated: Napoleon’s family and regime commissioned portraits and sculptures from Canova.
Battle of FriedlandRelated: He directed the French concentration that transformed Lannes’s delaying action into a decisive victory.
Battle of the PyramidsRelated: He commanded the French expedition and became the public face of its victory.
Jean-Bédel BokassaRelated: Bokassa modeled his imperial coronation partly on Napoleon’s 1804 ceremony.
Pierre-Augustin HulinRelated: Hulin later served Napoleon as a senior military and administrative officer.
Arc de TriompheRelated: He commissioned the arch after his victory at Austerlitz.
Battle of LignyRelated: He commanded the French army at Ligny and sought to defeat the Prussians before facing Wellington.