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Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
Franco-Prussian War: Prussian forces captured Napoleon III at the Battle of Sedan, which led to the collapse of the Second French Empire within days.
Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
French invasion of Russia: The Battle of Borodino, the bloodiest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, is fought near Moscow and results in a French victory.
Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (born 1855)
Simon-Napoléon Parent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Quebec (died 1920)
Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
The Grande Armée under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow during the failed French invasion of Russia.
The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
French Revolutionary Wars: Led by Napoleon, French forces defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Bassano in Veneto, Italy.
The Congress of Vienna opens with the intention of redrawing Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleon in the previous spring.
Napoleon first rises to prominence by suppressing counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the National Convention.
Late in the Napoleonic Wars, Empress Marie Louise (pictured) issued decrees conscripting tens of thousands of French teenagers, who became known as Marie-Louises.
Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Italian-French politician (died 1881)
The Treaty of Schönbrunn is signed, ending the War of the Fifth Coalition, the final successful war in Napoleon Bonaparte's military career.
War of the Fourth Coalition: Napoleon decisively defeats Prussia at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.
Napoleon begins his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Napoleon began his exile on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean, which would encompass his final six years.
The Sixth Coalition attacks Napoleon in the four-day Battle of Leipzig.
War of the Third Coalition: Napoleon surrounds the Austrian army at Ulm.