Coronation of Napoleon
December 2, 1804
Ceremony at Notre-Dame de Paris in which Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of the French in the presence of Pope Pius VII.
Battles 1
May 18, 1803 – November 20, 1815
Key commanders
Coalition 16
George III
belligerent leader
William Pitt the Younger
belligerent leader
Henry Addington
belligerent leader
Spencer Perceval
belligerent leader
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
British commander, Led the Peninsular War and won at Waterloo
Alexander I of Russia
Emperor of Russia, Led Russia against Napoleon and into Paris in 1814
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
belligerent leader
Horatio Nelson
Admiral, Destroyed the Franco-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar
Klemens von Metternich
Foreign Minister of Austria, Brought Austria into the final coalition
Mikhail Kutuzov
Russian field marshal, Commanded the Russian army in 1812
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Prussian field marshal, Led the Prussian army in 1813-1815
Frederick William III of Prussia
belligerent leader
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
belligerent leader
Ferdinand VII
belligerent leader
Charles XIV John
belligerent leader
Gustav IV Adolf
belligerent leader
