Napoleonic Wars
May 18, 1803 – November 20, 1815
Result Coalition victory
Wars between Napoleon's French Empire and shifting coalitions of European powers. France dominated the continent until the failed invasion of Russia in 1812, and Napoleon was finally defeated at Waterloo in 1815.
Battles and events 83
1801 – 1814
English Wars (Scandinavia)
Anglo-Swedish victory
Sweden
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Spencer Perceval, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
February 15, 1804
October 5, 1804
Action of 5 October 1804
British victory
1805 – 1806
War of the Third Coalition
French victory
Central Europe
William Pitt the Younger, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Alexander I of Russia
May 31 – June 2, 1805
October 14, 1805
October 16–19, 1805
October 21, 1805
Battle of Trafalgar
British victory
Off Cape Trafalgar
Horatio Nelson, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Federico Gravina
October 30, 1805
October 31, 1805 – January 6, 1810
Franco-Swedish War
French victory
Swedish Pomerania
Gustav IV Adolf, Charles XIII, Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier
November 4, 1805
November 8, 1805
December 2, 1805
Battle of Austerlitz
French victory
Austerlitz, Moravia
Alexander I of Russia, Napoleon, Mikhail Kutuzov
1806 – 1807
War of the Fourth Coalition
French victory
Kingdom of Saxony
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Alexander I of Russia
January 8–18, 1806
Battle of Blaauwberg
British victory
Bloubergstrand
Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet, Jan Willem Janssens, Home Riggs Popham
February 6, 1806
May 26, 1806 – June 1806
Siege of Ragusa (1806)
French victory
Dubrovnik
Auguste de Marmont, Jacques Lauriston, Dmitry Senyavin
June 1806 – December 1807
October 14, 1806
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt
French victory
Jena
Napoleon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Frederick William III of Prussia
December 26, 1806
Battle of Golymin
French victory
Gołymin-Ośrodek
Louis-Nicolas Davout, Joachim Murat, Pierre Augereau
1807 – 1809
Anglo-Turkish War (1807–1809)
Treaty of the Dardanelles
Dardanelles
George III, Selim III, Mustafa IV
1807 – 1814
Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814
Coalition victory
Adriatic Sea
Sir William Hoste, 1st Baronet, Bernard Dubourdieu, Jean-Baptiste Barré
January 30 – August 24, 1807
February 7–8, 1807
April 4–12, 1807
Froberg mutiny
Fort Ricasoli
June 14, 1807
July 7–9, 1807
August 16 – September 5, 1807
September 2, 1807 – July 18, 1812
Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812)
Treaties of Örebro
Finland
George III, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Spencer Perceval
February 21, 1808 – September 17, 1809
Finnish War
Russian victory
Finland
Alexander I of Russia, Pyotr Bagration, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
March 14, 1808 – December 10, 1809
May 2, 1808 – April 17, 1814
Peninsular War
Coalition victory
Madrid, Spain
Spencer Perceval, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
1809 – 1811
Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811
British victory
Mascarene Islands
Josias Rowley, Henry Sheehy Keating, Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen
January 14, 1809 – November 8, 1817
Portuguese conquest of French Guiana
Anglo-Portuguese victory
Cayenne
James Lucas Yeo, Manuel Marques, Victor Hugues
April 10 – October 14, 1809
War of the Fifth Coalition
French victory
Central Europe
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Spencer Perceval, Alexander I of Russia
April 11–25, 1809
Battle of the Basque Roads
British victory
Île-d'Aix
Thomas Cochrane, James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
April 21–22, 1809
Battle of Eckmühl
French victory
Battle of Eckmühl
Napoleon, Louis-Nicolas Davout, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
April 23, 1809
Battle of Ratisbon
French victory
Regensburg
Napoleon, Louis-Nicolas Davout, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
May 21–22, 1809
Battle of Aspern–Essling
Austrian victory
Battle of Aspern–Essling
Napoleon, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein
May 31, 1809
July 5–6, 1809
Battle of Wagram
French victory
Deutsch-Wagram
Napoleon, Louis-Nicolas Davout, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
January 28 – February 6, 1810
February 15 – August 31, 1810
July 7–9, 1810
November 17, 1810 – July 18, 1812
Anglo-Swedish war of 1810–1812
Treaty of Örebro
March 13, 1811
Battle of Lissa (1811)
British victory
Battle of Lissa (1811)
Sir William Hoste, 1st Baronet, Bernard Dubourdieu
August 4 – September 18, 1811
November 29, 1811
February 22, 1812
June 24 – December 14, 1812
September 7, 1812
November 26–29, 1812
1813 – 1814
War of the Sixth Coalition
Coalition victory
Central Europe
George IV, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Alexander I of Russia
May 2, 1813
Battle of Lützen (1813)
French victory
Battle of Lützen (1813)
Alexander I of Russia, Napoleon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
May 20–21, 1813
Battle of Bautzen (1813)
French victory
Battle of Bautzen (1813)
Alexander I of Russia, Napoleon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
August 23, 1813
Battle of Großbeeren
Coalition victory
Battle of Großbeeren
Charles XIV John, Jean Reynier, Nicolas Oudinot
August 26, 1813
Battle of the Katzbach
Russo-Prussian victory
Battle of the Katzbach
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald, Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken
August 26–27, 1813
Battle of Dresden
French victory
Battle of Dresden
Alexander I of Russia, Napoleon, Frederick William III of Prussia
August 29–30, 1813
Battle of Kulm
Coalition victory
Battle of Kulm
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov, Mikhail Miloradovich
September 6, 1813
Battle of Dennewitz
Coalition victory
Battle of Dennewitz
Michel Ney, Charles XIV John, Nicolas Oudinot
October 14, 1813 – January 3, 1814
October 16–19, 1813
Battle of Leipzig
Coalition victory
Leipzig
Alexander I of Russia, Napoleon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
October 30–31, 1813
November 22 – December 5, 1813
December 21, 1813 – April 6, 1814
January 14, 1814
January 19–27, 1814
January 29, 1814
February 1, 1814
February 10, 1814
Battle of Champaubert
French victory
Battle of Champaubert
Napoleon, Auguste de Marmont, Zahar Dimitrijevič Olsufjev
February 11, 1814
Battle of Montmirail
French victory
Battle of Montmirail
Napoleon, Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
February 14, 1814
Battle of Vauchamps
French victory
Battle of Vauchamps
Napoleon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Emmanuel de Grouchy
February 18, 1814
Battle of Montereau
French victory
Battle of Montereau
Napoleon, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, William I of Württemberg
March 9–10, 1814
Battle of Laon (1814)
Coalition victory
Battle of Laon (1814)
Napoleon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Michel Ney
March 20–21, 1814
Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube
Coalition victory
Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube
Alexander I of Russia, Napoleon, Michel Ney
March 30–31, 1814
Battle of Paris (1814)
Coalition victory
Battle of Paris (1814)
Alexander I of Russia, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Frederick William III of Prussia
May 30, 1814
Treaty of Paris (1814)
Paris
March 20 – July 8, 1815
Hundred Days
Coalition victory
Paris
George IV, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
June 16, 1815
June 16, 1815
Battle of Quatre Bras
Inconclusive
Battle of Quatre Bras
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Michel Ney, William II of the Netherlands
June 18, 1815
Battle of Waterloo
Coalition victory
Waterloo, near Brussels
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Napoleon, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
June 18–19, 1815
Battle of Wavre
French victory
Battle of Wavre
Emmanuel de Grouchy, Dominique Vandamme, Étienne Maurice Gérard
July 3, 1815
Battle of Issy
Prussian victory
Issy-les-Moulineaux
Hans Ernst Karl, Graf von Zieten, Dominique Vandamme
Key commanders
Coalition 92
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
Cuthbert Collingwood
Vice-Admiral, Led the lee column and took command after Nelson fell
Pyotr Bagration
General, Commanded the allied right
Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich of Russia
military commander
Dmitry Dokhturov
military commander
Mikhail Miloradovich
military commander
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
Minister of War, Commanded the 1st Western Army and led the retreat
Levin August von Bennigsen
military commander
Pavel Chichagov
military commander
Yefim Chaplits
military commander
Alexey Andreevich Arakcheyev
military commander
August Neidhardt von Gneisenau
military commander
Hans Ernst Karl, Graf von Zieten
military commander
William II of the Netherlands
military commander
Friedrich Wilhelm Bülow von Dennewitz
military commander
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey
military commander
Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill
military commander
Karl Mack von Leiberich
General, Surrendered the Austrian army
Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein
military commander
Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
military commander
Julius von Grawert
military commander
Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien
military commander
Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
military commander
Dmitry Golitsyn
military commander
Andrei Ivanovich Gorchakov
military commander
Matvey Ivanovich Platov
military commander
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
Generalissimo, Commanded the Austrian army
Armand von Nordmann
military commander
Heinrich Joseph Johann von Bellegarde
military commander
Johann Kollowrat
military commander
Prince Friedrich Franz Xaver of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
military commander
Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov
military commander
Nikolay Raevsky
military commander
Peter, 1st Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg
military commander
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
Field Marshal, Allied supreme commander
Johann von Thielmann
military commander
José de San Martín
belligerent leader
Edward Pakenham
belligerent leader
Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén
military commander
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch
military commander
Gregorio García de la Cuesta
military commander
Joaquín Blake y Joyes
military commander
José Rebolledo de Palafox, 1st Duke of Saragossa
military commander
Miguel Ricardo de Álava y Esquivel
military commander
Johann von Hiller
military commander
Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg
military commander
Alexander Tormasov
military commander
Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken
military commander
Ignác Gyulay
military commander
Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy
military commander
Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf
military commander
Carl Philipp von Wrede
military commander
Zahar Dimitrijevič Olsufjev
military commander
Peter Mikhailovich Kaptzevich
military commander
William I of Württemberg
military commander
Sir William Hoste, 1st Baronet
military commander
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
military commander
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
belligerent leader
William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
belligerent leader
Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772–1806)
military commander
Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1758–1822)
military commander
Charles XIII
belligerent leader
Hyde Parker
military commander
Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet
military commander
Home Riggs Popham
military commander
Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet
military commander
James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier
military commander
Archduke John of Austria
military commander
George IV
belligerent leader
William I of the Netherlands
belligerent leader
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony
belligerent leader
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
belligerent leader
Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet
military commander
Thomas Cochrane
military commander
Josias Rowley
military commander
Henry Sheehy Keating
military commander
Alexander Cochrane
military commander
French Empire and allies 50
Napoleon
Emperor of the French, Led France in all the major campaigns
Joachim Murat
military commander
Eugène de Beauharnais
military commander
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
belligerent leader
Louis Bonaparte
military commander
Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck
military commander
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
Vice-Admiral, Commanded the combined fleet; captured in the battle
Federico Gravina
Admiral, Commanded the Spanish squadron; mortally wounded
Louis-Nicolas Davout
Marshal, Held the French right after a forced march from Vienna
Charles XIV John
Marshal, Commanded a French corps
Jean Lannes
military commander
Géraud Duroc
military commander
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
military commander
Jean-Baptiste Bessières
military commander
Michel Ney
Marshal, Commanded the rearguard on the retreat
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
military commander
Pierre Augereau
military commander
Jean-Andoche Junot
military commander
Jérôme Bonaparte
military commander
Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon
military commander
François Joseph Lefebvre
military commander
Emmanuel de Grouchy
military commander
Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno
military commander
Édouard Adolphe Casimir Joseph Mortier
military commander
Auguste de Marmont
military commander
André Masséna
military commander
Nicolas Oudinot
military commander
Józef Poniatowski
military commander
Auguste-Jean-Gabriel de Caulaincourt
military commander
Jean Reynier
military commander
Étienne Jacques Joseph Alexandre Macdonald
military commander
Dominique Vandamme
military commander
Étienne Maurice Gérard
military commander
Joseph Bonaparte
King of Spain, Installed by his brother; driven out in 1813
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan
military commander
Mariano Luis de Urquijo
military commander
Luis Alejandro Berthier
military commander
Jacques Lauriston
military commander
Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta
military commander
Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr
military commander
Bernard Dubourdieu
military commander
Jan Willem Janssens
military commander
Charles IV of Spain
belligerent leader
Carl Philipp von Wrede
belligerent leader
Jean-Baptiste Barré
military commander
Guillaume-Marie-Anne Brune
military commander
Frederick VI of Denmark
belligerent leader
Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois
military commander
Johann Ewald
military commander
Herman Willem Daendels
military commander
Seventh Coalition 6
George IV
military commander
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Coalition commander at Waterloo
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
belligerent leader
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Prussian commander
Frederick William III of Prussia
belligerent leader
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen
military commander
French Empire 7
First French Empire 13
Joseph Bonaparte
belligerent leader
Michel Ney
belligerent leader
Louis-Nicolas Davout
belligerent leader
Joachim Murat
belligerent leader
André Masséna
belligerent leader
Jean Lannes
belligerent leader
Eugène de Beauharnais
belligerent leader
Jean-de-Dieu Soult
belligerent leader
Józef Poniatowski
belligerent leader
Jérôme Bonaparte
belligerent leader
Louis Bonaparte
belligerent leader
Auguste de Marmont
military commander
Jacques Lauriston
military commander
Russian Empire 9
Alexander I of Russia
belligerent leader
Pyotr Bagration
belligerent leader
Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
belligerent leader
Yakov Kulnev
belligerent leader
Alexey Andreevich Arakcheyev
military commander
Nikolay Raevsky
military commander
Nikolay Rumyantsev
military commander
Nikolai Saltykov
military commander
Dmitry Senyavin
military commander
Sweden 2
Denmark–Norway 3
Denmark-Norway 2
French First Empire 9
Alexander I of Russia
belligerent leader
Napoleon
belligerent leader
Joachim Murat
belligerent leader
Eugène de Beauharnais
belligerent leader
Józef Poniatowski
belligerent leader
Jérôme Bonaparte
belligerent leader
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony
belligerent leader
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
belligerent leader
Louis Bonaparte
belligerent leader
United Kingdom 7
George III
belligerent leader
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
belligerent leader
Spencer Perceval
belligerent leader
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
belligerent leader
Josias Rowley
military commander
Henry Sheehy Keating
military commander
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
military commander










