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The Sixth Coalition attacked French forces led by Napoleon in the Battle of Leipzig, the largest conflict in the Napoleonic Wars, with over 500,000 troops involved.
War of the Sixth Coalition: Napoleon is forced to retreat from Germany after the Battle of Leipzig.
The French invasion of Russia fails when Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow.
War of the Third Coalition: Austrian General Mack surrenders his army to Napoleon at the Battle of Ulm.
Pauline Bonaparte, French sister of Napoleon (died 1825)
Napoleonic Wars: A British fleet led by Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve in the Battle of Trafalgar.
General Claude François de Malet begins a conspiracy to overthrow Napoleon, claiming that the Emperor died in the Russian campaign.
Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
Napoleon Hill, American philosopher and author (died 1970)
The French Army under Napoleon enters Berlin following the Prussian defeat at the Battle of Jena–Auerstedt.
Louis Napoleon launches the unsuccessful Strasbourg Coup to overthrow the July Monarchy in France
The first day of the Battle of Aspern-Essling between the Austrian army led by Archduke Charles and the French army led by Napoleon I of France sees the French attack across the Danube held.
The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.
Napoleonic Wars: The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.