Bolded events are those referenced in the prints exhibited
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Date 1750 1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 |
Wars 1756-1763: Seven Year's War (French and Indian War) 1765-1783: American Revolution 1776: America officially separates from England 1789-1799: French Revolution 1791-1802: War between France and England 1803-1815: Napoleonic Wars* 1808-1814: Peninsular War, Spanish War of Independence 1812-1815: War of 1812 fought in America 1815: Napoleon defeated at Waterloo and exiled, followed by the Hundred Days Campaign |
England 1727-1760: Reign of George II 1760-1820: Reign of George III 1810: King suffers illness and son becomes regent 1820-1830: Reign of George IV |
France
1715-1774: Reign of Louis XV 1774-1792: Reign of Louis XVI 1789: National Assembly of the Third Estate 1792-1804: French First Republic 1803: Napoleon sells Louisiana Territory in America 1804-1814: Napoleon as Emperor 1815-1830: Restoration of Bourbon Monarchy 1815-1824: Reign of Louis XVIII 1824-1830: Reign of Charles X |
Spain 1746-1759: Reign of Ferdinand VI 1759-1788: Reign of Charles III 1788-1808: Reign of Charles IV 1808: Reign and abdication of Ferdinand VII 1808-1813: Reign of Joseph Bonaparte 1813-1833: Reign of Ferdinand VIII |
Arts
1750-1850: Neoclassicism 1756: Hogarth's Invasion prints published 1759: Invasion prints republished under different caption 1780-1850: Romanticism c.1780-1790: Falckysen reproduces Benjamin West's Death of General Wolfe 1793: Cruikshank's The Wet Party published 1796: Heath reproduces Copley's Death of Major Pierson 1799: Gillray's High German Method of Destroying Vermin at Ratstadt published 1808: Goya (possibly) begins his Disasters of War series 1818: Gericault creates Mameluke Defending a Wounded Trumpeter and Retour de Russie 1821: Jazet reproduces Vernet's Le Soldat de Waterloo 1822: Gericault creates Passage du Mont St. Bernard for Arnault collection |
* Napoleonic Era:
1798: Campaign in Egypt Battle of the Pyramids, Victory over Mamelukes Battle of the Nile, Defeated by British 1799: Napoleon overthrows government and elected as First Consul End of the Second Congress of Rastatt 1799-1802: War of the Second Coalition 1800: Battle of Marengo, Victory over Austria 1801: Treaty of Luneville, temporarily ends war with Holy Roman Empire, ends Second Coalition against France 1802: Treaty of Amiens, temporarily ends aggression between France and Great Britain 1803-1806: War of the Third Coalition Napoleon sells Louisiana Territory to United States of America France invades Hanover 1804: Napoleon crowned as Emperor 1805: Battle of Trafalgar, Defeated by British Battle of Austerlitz. Victory over Russian and Holy Roman Empires Ends Third Coalition, Holy Roman Empire dissolved 1806-1807: War of the Fourth Coalition Napoleon appoints his brother, Joseph, as King of Naples Battles of Jena-Auerstedt, Victory over Prussia and Saxony Berlin Decree and the Continental System, forbids French allies and dependents in Europe from trading with the United Kingdom 1807: Battle of Eylau, Indecisive victory by France or Russia and Prussia Battle of Friedland, Victory over Russia Treaty of Tilsit, ends Fourth Coalition and Russian aggression 1808-1814: Peninsular War, or the Spanish War of Independence Dos de Mayo Uprisings Napoleon instates brother as King of Spain Battle of Balien, Defeated by Spanish 1812: Battle of Salamanca, Defeated by Allied nations (United Kingdom, Spain, and Portugal) 1813: Battle of Vitoria, Defeated by Allies Battle of San Marcial, Defeated by Spain Battles of the Bidassoa and Nivelle, Siege of Pamplona, and Battles of the Nive, Defeated by Allies 1814: Battle of Garris, Orthez, Defeated by Allies Battle of Toulouse, Indecisve Battle and Siege of Bayonne, Defeated by Allies 1809: War of the Fifth Coalition Battle of Raszyn, Defeated by Coalition Battle of Aspern-Essling, Defeated by Austria Battle of Wagram, Victory over Austria Treaty of Schönbrunn, ends Fifth Coalition 1812: Battle of Smolensk, Victory over Russia Battle of Borodino, Victory over Russia- Napoleon captures Moscow Begins the Great Retreat Battle of Maloyaroslavets, Victory over Russia, but still retreats from north, eventually expelled from Russia 1813-1814: War of the Sixth Coalition Battle of Lützen, French-Polish victory over Coalition Battle of Haynau, Defeated by Prussia Armistice of Poischwitz, nine-week armistice Siege of Danzig, Defeated by Coalition Battle of Großbeeren, Defeated by Coalition Battle of Dresden, Victory over Coalition Battles of the Katzbach, Klum, Dennewitz, the Göhrde, Altenburg, Wartenburg, Liebertwolkwitz, and Liepzig, Defeated by Coalition Confederation of the Rhine dissolved after defeat at Leipzig Battle of Hanau, Victory Battle of Bornhöved, Defeated by Sweden Battle of Sehestedt, Denmark-Norway victory, for France, against Coalition 1814: Six Days' Campaign, Tactical victory, strategically indecisive Battle of Paris, Defeated by Coalition Napoleon abdicates and exiled to Elba Treaty of Fontainbleau, ends Sixth Coalition 1815: Hundred Days' Campaign, War of the Seventh Coalition Napoleon escaped Elba and reaches Paris, beginning the Hundred Days Battles of Occhiobello and Tolentino, Joachim Murat, King of Naples and Napoleon's brother-in-law, defeated by Austria Treaty of Casalanza, ended Neopolitan War in Naples and Sicily Battle of Ligny, Victory over Prussia Battle of Waterloo, Defeated by Coalition Napoleon abdicates for his son, Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles, who is then deposed Battle of Issy, Defeated by Prussia Convention of St. Cloud, French surrendered Paris to the Coalition Louis XVII restored to French throne, ending Hundred Days Murat executed Napoleon exiled to St. Helena Treaty of Paris signed 20 November |