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The Napoleonic Wars

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History Atlas. "The Napoleonic Wars." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/events/napoleonic-wars.

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History Atlas. (n.d.). The Napoleonic Wars. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/events/napoleonic-wars

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@misc{historyatlas-the-napoleonic-wars,
  author = {History Atlas},
  title = {The Napoleonic Wars},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/events/napoleonic-wars},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) comprised a succession of armed conflicts involving shifting European coalitions opposing France under Napoleon Bonaparte. These conflicts emerged from the revolutionary upheaval of the 1790s and resulted in French territorial dominance across Continental Europe, encompassing seven distinct campaigns categorized as the Third through Seventh Coalitions, alongside the Peninsular War and the French invasion of Russia.

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1803-05-18 1

The wars ran from 18 May 1803 to 20 November 1815; event-date records the start.

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Also in War and Military Atlas: Napoleonic Wars, the same subject.

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1. Wikipedia: Napoleonic Wars

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a succession of armed conflicts involving shifting European coalitions opposing France under Napoleon

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1. Wikipedia: Napoleonic Wars

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18 May 1803 - 20 November 1815

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