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Napoleonic Wars
The
Napoleonic Wars
wereaser ies of conflicts involving Napoleon's French Empireand changing sets of European alliesand opposing coalitionsthatran from 1803to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French R evolutionof 1789, they revolutionized European ar mies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to the ap plication of modernmassconscription. French power rose quickly, conquering most of Europe, but collapsed rapidly af ter France'sdisastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. Napoleon's empire ultimately suffered complete military defeat resulting in therestoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France. The wars resulted in the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire. Meanwhile theSpanishEm pirebegan to unravel as French occupation of Spain weakened Spain's hold over its colonies, providing an o pening for nationalistrevolutions inLatin America. As a direct result of the Napoleonic wars theBritish Empirebecame theforemost world power for the next century.  No consensus exists as to when the French Revolutionary Warsended and the Napoleonic Wars began. Possible dates include 9 November 1799, when Bonaparteseizedpower  in France; 18 May 1803, when a renewed declaration of war   between Britain and France ended the only period of peace in Europe between 1792 and 1814; and 2 December 1804,when Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor.The Napoleonic Wars ended following Napoleon's finaldefeat at Waterloo(18 June 1815) and the Second Treaty of  Paris.
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1 Background 1789–1802
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1.1 Start date and nomenclature
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2 War between Britain and France, 1803–1814
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3 War of the Third Coalition 1805
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4 War of the Fourth Coalition 1806–1807
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5 War of the Fifth Coalition 1809
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6 The Invasion of Russia 1812
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7War of the Sixth Coalition 1812–1814
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8Gunboat War 1807–1814
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9War of 1812
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10 War of the Seventh Coalition 1815
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11 Political effects
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12 Militarylegacy
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13 Last veterans
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14In fiction
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15See also
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16 Notes
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17References
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18External links
[edit] Background 1789–1802
Main articles:French Revolution,French Revolutionary Wars,First Coalition, andWar of the Second Coalition
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