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The Battle of Aspern-Essling (21-22 May 1809) was a major battle of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). It saw an Austrian army under Archduke Charles defeat a French army led by Emperor Napoleon I (r. 1804-1814; 1815) as...

The Battle of Wagram (5-6 July 1809) was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). It resulted in a pyrrhic victory for French Emperor Napoleon I (r. 1804-1814; 1815) whose army crossed the Danube...

The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805), or the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most significant battles of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). It saw French Emperor Napoleon I (r. 1804-1814; 1815) and his Grande...

We try not to get into too much great man history here at Crash Course, but we have to admit: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821 CE) is a pretty big deal. Join us as we track the rise, further rise, fall, rise, fall, mortal...

French Emperor Napoleon I retreats from Moscow after his disastrous invasion of Russia. Though it has long been said that "General Winter" defeated the French, the failure of Napoleon's invasion of Russia had already...

Napoleon's Grande Armée crosses the Niemen River, commencing Napoleon's invasion of Russia (1812). Watercolor by an anonymous artist, 1810s.

Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Rivoli (14 January 1797) during Napoleon's Italian Campaign, oil on canvas by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, 1844. Palace of Versailles.

Famous meeting between French Emperor Napoleon I and Austrian diplomat Prince Klemens von Metternich at Dresden on 26 June 1813, to negotiate an end to the War of the Sixth Coalition. A heated argument...

Napoleon in Egypt, oil on panel by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1863. Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey.

Napoleon and his marshals at the Battle of Borodino (7 September 1812). Seven French marshals and two future French marshals were present at the battle. Oil on canvas by Vasily Vereshchagin, 1897. State Historical...