Bassano. 1796. Victory of Napoleon over the Austrians.

Bautzen, Battle. 1813. Napoleon defeats Prussians.

Baylen, Battle. 1808. Spanish mob defeats French army, humiliating Napoleon.

Berlin Decree. 1806. Napoleon announces Continental System blockading Britain.

Bonaparte, Jerôme. 1784-1860. King of Westphalia 1807-13. Marshal of France. Napoleon’s brother.

Bonaparte, Joseph. 1768-1844. King of Naples 1806-8. King of Spain 1808-13. Napoleon’s brother.

Bonaparte, Louis. 1778-1846. King of Holland 1806-10. Forced to abdicate after opposing Continental System. Napoleon’s brother.

Bonaparte, Napoleon. Napoleon I.

Borodino, Battle. 1812. Napoleon defeats Kutuzov on way to Moscow.

Brumaire, Coup of 18. Napoleon abolished Directory, est’d Consulate.

Bulow, Friedrich. 1755-1816. Prussian general against Napoleon.

Cadoudal, Georges. 1771-1804. French Royalist leader. Plotted Napoleon’s assassination. Executed.

Campo Formio, Peace. 1797. Austria surrenders to Napoleon. Independent Venice abolished.

Castiglione. 1796. Napoleonic victory kept Austria out of Italy.

Chesterton, G.K. 1874-1936. English satirical essayist/novelist: Napoleon of Notting Hill 1904. “Socialism aims to take capital out of the hands of the few and put it into the hands of the fewer-the politicians.”

Cisalpine Republic. 1797-1802. North Italy, created by Napoleon. 1802 Italian Republic. 1805-15 Kingdom of Italy.

Coalition, Wars of. 1792-1815. European powers oppose France’s revolutionary ideas and expansion. French Revolutionary Wars. Napoleonic Wars. Third Coalition War.

Concordat. 1801-1905. Regulation of French church instituted by Napoleon.

Consulate. 1799-1804. Napoleon’s military triumvirate after Directory overthrown.

Continental System. 1806-12. Napoleon’s European embargo vs Britain. Russian refusal led to 1812 Campaign. British retaliation led to Anglo-American War 1812.

Dabrowski, Jan. 1755-1818. Polish general under Napoleon, hero in rebellion vs Russia.

David, Louis. 1748-1825. French republican. Neoclassical painter. Oath of the Horatii 1784. Marat 1793. Coronation of Napoleon 1808.

Davout, Louis. 1770-1823. Napoleon’s general, Minister of War 1815.

Dresden, Battle. 1813. Last major Napoleonic victory in Germany.

Dufour, Henri. 1787-1875. Swiss General with Napoleon. Led 1864 Geneva Convention.

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