Coronation of Napoleon

Ceremony at Notre-Dame de Paris in which Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French in the presence of Pope Pius VII.

Key people

Napoleon Crowned himself Emperor Pope Pius VII Pope, blessed the coronation

Participants

France

Battles 1

Napoleonic Wars May 18, 1803 – November 20, 1815
- War of the Third Coalition 1805 – 1806
- Battle of Ulm October 16–19, 1805
- Battle of Trafalgar October 21, 1805
- Battle of Austerlitz December 2, 1805
- War of the Fourth Coalition 1806 – 1807
- Battle of Jena–Auerstedt October 14, 1806
- Battle of Eylau February 7–8, 1807
- Battle of Friedland June 14, 1807
- Finnish War February 21, 1808 – September 17, 1809
- Peninsular War May 2, 1808 – April 17, 1814
  - Battle of Bailén July 16–19, 1808
  - Battle of Vimeiro August 21, 1808
  - Battle of Corunna January 16, 1809
  - Battle of Talavera July 27–28, 1809
  - Battle of Bussaco September 27, 1810
  - Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro May 3–5, 1811
  - Siege of Badajoz (1812) March 16 – April 6, 1812
  - Battle of Salamanca July 22, 1812
  - Battle of Vitoria June 21, 1813
  - Battle of Orthez February 27, 1814
  - Battle of Toulouse (1814) April 10, 1814
- War of the Fifth Coalition April 10 – October 14, 1809
- Battle of Eckmühl April 21–22, 1809
- Battle of Aspern–Essling May 21–22, 1809
- Battle of Wagram July 5–6, 1809
- Battle of Lissa (1811) March 13, 1811
- French invasion of Russia June 24 – December 14, 1812
  - Siege of Riga (1812) July 24 – December 18, 1812
  - Battle of Klyastitsy July 28 – August 1, 1812
  - Battle of Gorodechno August 12, 1812
  - Battle of Smolensk (1812) August 16–18, 1812
  - First Battle of Polotsk August 17–18, 1812
  - Battle of Borodino September 7, 1812
  - Second Battle of Polotsk October 18–20, 1812
  - Battle of Maloyaroslavets October 24, 1812
  - Battle of Krasnoi November 15–18, 1812
  - Battle of Berezina November 26–29, 1812
- Battle of Borodino September 7, 1812
- Battle of Berezina November 26–29, 1812
- War of the Sixth Coalition 1813 – 1814
- Battle of Lützen (1813) May 2, 1813
- Battle of Bautzen (1813) May 20–21, 1813
- Battle of Großbeeren August 23, 1813
- Battle of Dresden August 26–27, 1813
- Battle of the Katzbach August 26, 1813
- Battle of Kulm August 29–30, 1813
- Battle of Dennewitz September 6, 1813
- Battle of Leipzig October 16–19, 1813
- Battle of Hanau October 30–31, 1813
- Campaign in north-east France (1814) December 21, 1813 – April 6, 1814
  - Battle of La Rothière February 1, 1814
  - Battle of Montmirail February 11, 1814
  - Battle of Montereau February 18, 1814
  - Battle of Laon (1814) March 9–10, 1814
  - Battle of Paris (1814) March 30–31, 1814
- Battle of Brienne January 29, 1814
- Battle of La Rothière February 1, 1814
- Battle of Champaubert February 10, 1814
- Battle of Montmirail February 11, 1814
- Battle of Vauchamps February 14, 1814
- Battle of Montereau February 18, 1814
- Battle of Laon (1814) March 9–10, 1814
- Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube March 20–21, 1814
- Battle of Paris (1814) March 30–31, 1814
- Battle of Ligny June 16, 1815
  - Hundred Days March 20 – July 8, 1815
- Battle of Quatre Bras June 16, 1815
- Battle of Waterloo June 18, 1815
  - Hundred Days March 20 – July 8, 1815
- Battle of Wavre June 18–19, 1815