Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions. The wars originated in political forces arising from the French Revolution (1789–1799) and from the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802) and produced a period of French domination over Continental Europe.^[32] The wars are categorised as seven conflicts, five named after the coalitions that fought Napoleon, plus two named for their respective theatres: the War of the Third Coalition, War of the Fourth Coalition, War of the Fifth Coalition, War of the Sixth Coalition, War of the Seventh Coalition, the Peninsular War, and the French invasion of Russia.^[33]

Napoleonic Wars
Part of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars Click an image to load the campaign. Left to right, top to bottom: Battles of Austerlitz, Berlin, Friedland, Lisbon, Madrid, Vienna, Moscow, Leipzig, Paris, Waterloo
Date 18 May 1803 – 20 November 1815 (1803-05-18 – 1815-11-20) (12 years, 6 months and 2 days) Location Atlantic Ocean, Caucasus, Europe, French Guiana, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, North America, North Sea, Río de la Plata, West Indies, Southern Africa, East Indies, Middle East, South America, Pacific Ocean Result Coalition victory Congress of Vienna Full results Second Treaty of Paris Exile of Napoleon I to Saint Helena[1] Fall of the First French Empire Restoration of the Bourbon monarchy Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire and Denmark–Norway. Decline of the Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch Empires. Rise of the British Empire as the dominant world superpower[2] Establishment of the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway,[3] and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands[4][citation not found][5] Russian army is becoming one of the strongest in the world[6] Rise of Prussia as a new European power[7] Beginning of Italian[8][9] and German unifications[10] Widespread rise of nationalism and liberalism in Europe[11][citation not found][12] Major population loss in France and the rest of Continental Western Europe[13][page needed]
Belligerents
Coalition forces: United Kingdom  Holy Roman Empire (until 1806)  Austria[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]  Prussia[lower-alpha 4]  Russia[lower-alpha 5][lower-alpha 6] Spain[lower-alpha 7][lower-alpha 8]  Sweden[lower-alpha 9][lower-alpha 10] Portugal[lower-alpha 11] Ottoman Empire[lower-alpha 12][lower-alpha 13]  Bavaria[lower-alpha 14] Brunswick[lower-alpha 15] French Royalists Hanover