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Napoleonic Wars Timeline - Year
1806
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Napoleonic Wars in a
nutshell.
January
1, 1806
The electors of Bavaria and
Württemberg take the title of king.
January 8, 1806
Cape of Good Hope retaken by
the English.
January 23, 1806
Britain's prime minister
William
Pitt the Younger dies.
February 6, 1806
Naval Battle of Santo Domingo.
British victory over the French.
February 26, 1806
Treaty between Prussia and
Napoleon I. This treaty will be ratified on March 9, 1806.
March 9, 1806
Ratification of the treaty
between Prussia and Napoleon I that had been concluded on February
26, 1806.
March 30, 1806
Joseph Bonaparte becomes King
of the Two Sicilies.
May 10, 1806
Vellore Mutiny. South Indian
troops revolt against the British at Vellore, southern India.
June 11, 1806
Great Britain declares war
against Prussia.
July 4, 1806
Battle of Maida. A small
British force, led by General Sir John Stuart, books a victory over
the French in southern Italy.
July 5, 1806
Napoleon I
proclaims the Kingdom of Holland and makes his brother
Louis King of Holland.
This ends the
Batavian Republic / Commonwealth.
July 12, 1806
Confederation of the Rhine
(German: Rheinbund) formed.
August 6, 1806
The Holy Roman Empire is
dissolved. Emperor Francis II switches from Holy Roman Emperor to
Emperor of Austria.
September 25, 1806
Prussia sends an ultimatum to
France. In it, the Prussians demand a withdrawal of all French
troops stationed east of the Rhine River. The deadline is October 8,
1806.
October 1, 1806
The Prussian ultimatum arrives
at Paris.
October 6, 1806
The Fourth Coalition against
France forms.
October 7, 1806
Napoleon receives the Prussian
ultimatum while with his army in Bavaria.
The War of the
Fourth Coalition begins.
October 8, 1806
At Saalburg, French and
Prussian troops get into a skirmish.
The
War of the Fourth Coalition
begins. It will end on July 9, 1807.
October 9, 1806
Battle of
Schleiz
October 10, 1806
Battle of
Saalfeld
October 14, 1806
Battle of Jena-Auerstädt.
French victory.
October 27, 1806
Napoleon enters Berlin.
November 6, 1806
Battle of Lubeck (Lübeck).
French victory over Prussia.
November 19, 1806
The French occupy Hamburg.
November 21, 1806
Napoleon issues the Berlin Decree,
which introduces the Continental System, in effect a blockade of
British ports. According to the decree, "All commerce and
correspondence with the British islands are prohibited."
November 23, 1806
Russia and Turkey are at war.
November 24, 1806
Prussian troops that had managed to
survive the
Battle of Jena-Auerstädt
surrender.
Napoleon occupies the Prussian part of
Poland.
December 11, 1806
The Elector of Saxony now calls
himself King.
December 27, 1806
The Russians enter Bucharest.
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