# Military career of Napoleon

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Family
Wives
Joséphine de Beauharnais
Marie Louise
Children
Charles Léon
Alexandre Walewski
Napoleon II
Parents
Carlo Maria Buonaparte
Letizia Ramolino
Brothers
Joseph
Lucien
Louis
Jérôme
Sisters
Caroline
Pauline
Elisa
Life and career
Timeline
First French Empire
Client states
Coup of 18 Brumaire
Consulate
Assassination attempts
Constitutions
1799
1802
1804
1815
Napoleonic Wars
Coronation
Sale of Louisiana
Planned invasion of the United Kingdom
Holland
Mesures usuelles
Looting of art
Tactics
Weaponry and warfare
1st abdication
1st exile
Route Napoléon
2nd abdication
Death
mask
Battles and wars
French Revolutionary Wars
War of the First Coalition
French Revolution
Siege of Toulon
13 Vendémiaire
Italian Campaign of 1796-1797
Montenotte Campaign
Battle of Lodi
Battle of Castiglione
Battle of Bassano
Battle of Arcole
Battle of Rivoli
Siege of Mantua
Fall of Venice
French campaign in Egypt and Syria
Battle of the Pyramids
Battle of Mount Tabor
Siege of Acre
Battle of Aboukir
War of the Second Coalition
Marengo campaign
Battle of Marengo
Napoleonic Wars
War of the Third Coalition
Ulm Campaign
Battle of Ulm
Battle of Austerlitz
War of the Fourth Coalition
Battle of Jena-Auerstedt
Greater Poland Uprising
Battle of Eylau
Battle of Friedland
Peninsular War
Battle of Somosierra
War of the Fifth Coalition
Battle of Eckmühl
Battle of Aspern-Essling
Battle of Wagram
French invasion of Russia
Battle of Smolensk
Battle of Borodino
Battle of the Berezina
War of the Sixth Coalition
German campaign of 1813
Battle of Lützen
Battle of Bautzen
Battle of Dresden
Battle of Leipzig
Campaign of France
Battle of La Rothière
Six Days' Campaign
Battle of Vauchamps
Battle of Montereau
Battle of Laon
Battle of Reims
Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube
Hundred Days
Waterloo campaign
Battle of Ligny
Battle of Waterloo
Views
Catholic Church
Concordat of 1801
Tiara
Jewish people
Grand Sanhedrin
Infamous Decree
Protestants
Organic Articles
Slavery
Law of 20 May 1802
Saint-Domingue expedition
Homes and honours
Equestrian statue
Palace of Fontainebleau
Les Invalides
Longwood House
Maison Bonaparte
Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker
Milan
Warsaw monument
Legacy
Egyptology
Rosetta Stone
Mémoires sur l'Égypte
Description de l'Égypte
Institut d'Égypte
Bank of France
French Prefecture System
Legion of Honour
Napoleonic Code
Coinage
Public works
Pont d'Iéna
Simplon Pass
Arc de Triomphe
Column of the Grande Armée
Rue de la Victoire
Cultural depictions
Propaganda
Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)
Valentin Vodnik
Pan Tadeusz
War and Peace
Crime and Punishment
Napoleon complex
"Red Napoleon" term
German Romanticism
Bonapartism
"China is a sleeping giant" quote
Tomb
Retour des cendres
Penis
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The military career of Napoleon spanned over 20 years. He led French armies in the French Revolutionary Wars and later, as emperor, in the Napoleonic Wars. Despite his rich war-winning record, Napoleon's military career ended in defeat. Napoleon has since been regarded as a military genius and one of the finest commanders in history. His wars and campaigns have been studied at military schools worldwide. He fought more than 80 battles, losing only ten, mostly towards the end when the French army was not as dominant.
The French dominion collapsed rapidly after the disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. Napoleon was defeated in 1814 and exiled to the island of Elba, before returning to France. He was finally defeated in 1815 at Waterloo. He spent his remaining days in British custody on the remote volcanic tropical island of Saint Helena. In his long military career, Bonaparte celebrated 70 victories and suffered 10 defeats.

## Battle record summary

| Date | Battle | Conflict | Location | Outcome |
| August 29, 1793 - December 19, 1793 | Siege of Toulon | War of the First Coalition | French Republic | Victory |
| April 24, 1794 - April 28, 1794 | Saorgio | War of the First Coalition | Kingdom of Sardinia | Victory |
| September 21, 1794 | First Dego | War of the First Coalition | Kingdom of Sardinia | Victory |
| October 5, 1795 | 13 Vendémiaire | French Revolution | French Republic | Victory |
| April 11, 1796 - April 12, 1796 | Montenotte | War of the First Coalition | Kingdom of Sardinia | Victory |
| April 12, 1796 – April 13, 1796 | Millesimo | War of the First Coalition | Kingdom of Sardinia | Victory |
| April 14, 1796 – April 15, 1796 | Second Dego | War of the First Coalition | Kingdom of Sardinia | Victory |
| April 16, 1796 | Ceva | War of the First Coalition | Kingdom of Sardinia | Victory |
| April 21, 1796 | Mondovi | War of the First Coalition | Kingdom of Sardinia | Victory |
| May 7, 1796 - May 9, 1796 | Fombio | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Victory |
| May 10, 1796 | Lodi | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Victory |
| May 30, 1796 | Borghetto | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Victory |
| July 4, 1796 - February 2, 1797 | Siege of Mantua | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Victory |
| August 3, 1796 - August 4, 1796 | Lonato | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Victory |
| August 5, 1796 | Castiglione | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Victory |
| September 4, 1796 | Rovereto | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Victory |
| September 8, 1796 | Bassano | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Victory |
| September 14, 1796 - September 15, 1796 | San Giorgio | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Victory |
| November 6, 1796 | Second Bassano | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Defeat |
| November 12, 1796 | Caldiero | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Defeat |
| November 15, 1796 – November 17, 1796 | Arcole | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Victory |
| January 14, 1797 - January 15, 1797 | Rivoli | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Victory |
| January 16, 1797 | La Favorite [fr] | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Victory |
| March 16, 1797 | Valvasone | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Victory |
| March 21, 1797 - March 23, 1797 | Tarvis | War of the First Coalition | Habsburg Italy | Victory |
| June 10, 1798 - June 12, 1798 | Malta | Mediterranean Campaign | Malta | Victory |
| July 2, 1798 | Alexandria | French invasion of Egypt and Syria | Mameluk Egypt | Victory |
| July 13, 1798 | Shubra Khit | French invasion of Egypt and Syria | Mameluk Egypt | Victory |
| July 21, 1798 | Pyramids | French invasion of Egypt and Syria | Mameluk Egypt | Victory |
| October 21, 1798 - October 22, 1798 | Revolt of Cairo | French invasion of Egypt and Syria | French-occupied Egypt | Victory |
| January 11, 1799 – January 19, 1799 | Siege of El Arish | French invasion of Egypt and Syria | Mameluk Egypt | Victory |
| March 3, 1799 - March 7, 1799 | Siege of Jaffa | French invasion of Egypt and Syria | Ottoman Empire | Victory |
| March 20, 1799 – May 21, 1799 | Siege of Acre | French invasion of Egypt and Syria | Ottoman Empire | Defeat |
| April 16, 1799 | Mount Tabor | French invasion of Egypt and Syria | Ottoman Empire | Victory |
| July 25, 1799 | Abukir | French invasion of Egypt and Syria | French-occupied Egypt | Victory |
| May 14, 1800 – June 1, 1800 | Siege of Fort Bard | War of the Second Coalition | Kingdom of Sardinia | Victory |
| May 26, 1800 | Chiusella River | War of the Second Coalition | Kingdom of Sardinia | Victory |
| May 31, 1800 | Turbigo | War of the Second Coalition | Kingdom of Sardinia | Victory |
| June 14, 1800 | Marengo | War of the Second Coalition | Kingdom of Sardinia | Victory |
| October 15, 1805 – October 20, 1805 | Ulm | War of the Third Coalition | Electorate of Bavaria | Victory |
| December 2, 1805 | Austerlitz | War of the Third Coalition | Archduchy of Austria | Victory |
| October 14, 1806 | Jena | War of the Fourth Coalition | Kingdom of Prussia | Victory |
| October 24, 1806 | Berlin | War of the Fourth Coalition | Kingdom of Prussia | Victory |
| December 23, 1806 | Czarnowo | War of the Fourth Coalition | Kingdom of Prussia | Victory |
| February 3, 1807 | Allenstein | War of the Fourth Coalition | Kingdom of Prussia | Victory |
| February 7, 1807 – February 8, 1807 | Eylau | War of the Fourth Coalition | Kingdom of Prussia | Disputed |
| June 14, 1807 | Friedland | War of the Fourth Coalition | Kingdom of Prussia | Victory |
| November 30, 1808 | Somosierra | Peninsular War | Spain | Victory |
| December 1, 1808 – December 4, 1808 | Siege of Madrid | Peninsular War | Spain | Victory |
| April 19, 1809 | Teugen-Hausen | War of the Fifth Coalition | Kingdom of Bavaria | Victory |
| April 20, 1809 | Abensberg | War of the Fifth Coalition | Kingdom of Bavaria | Victory |
| April 21, 1809 | Landshut | War of the Fifth Coalition | Kingdom of Bavaria | Victory |
| April 21, 1809 – April 22, 1809 | Eckmühl | War of the Fifth Coalition | Kingdom of Bavaria | Victory |
| April 23, 1809 | Ratisbon | War of the Fifth Coalition | Principality of Regensburg | Victory |
| May 21, 1809 – May 22, 1809 | Aspern-Essling | War of the Fifth Coalition | Austrian Empire | Defeat |
| July 5, 1809 – July 6, 1809 | Wagram | War of the Fifth Coalition | Austrian Empire | Victory |
| July 10, 1809 - July 11, 1809 | Znaim | War of the Fifth Coalition | Austrian Empire | Victory |
| July 26, 1812 - July 27, 1812 | Vitebsk | French invasion of Russia | Russian Empire | Victory |
| August 16, 1812 – August 18, 1812 | Smolensk | French invasion of Russia | Russian Empire | Victory |
| September 5, 1812 | Shevardino | French invasion of Russia | Russian Empire | Victory |
| September 7, 1812 | Borodino | French invasion of Russia | Russian Empire | Disputed |
| November 15, 1812 – November 18, 1812 | Krasnoi | French invasion of Russia | Russian Empire | Defeat |
| November 26, 1812 – November 29, 1812 | Berezina | French invasion of Russia | Russian Empire | Disputed |
| May 2, 1813 | Lützen | War of the Sixth Coalition | Kingdom of Saxony | Victory |
| May 20, 1813 – May 21, 1813 | Bautzen | War of the Sixth Coalition | Kingdom of Saxony | Victory |
| May 22, 1813 | Reichenbach | War of the Sixth Coalition | Kingdom of Saxony | Victory |
| August 26, 1813 – August 27, 1813 | Dresden | War of the Sixth Coalition | Kingdom of Saxony | Victory |
| October 16, 1813 – October 19, 1813 | Leipzig | War of the Sixth Coalition | Kingdom of Saxony | Defeat |
| October 30, 1813 - October 31, 1813 | Hanau | War of the Sixth Coalition | Duchy of Frankfurt | Victory |
| January 29, 1814 | Brienne | War of the Sixth Coalition | French Empire | Victory |
| February 1, 1814 | La Rothière | War of the Sixth Coalition | French Empire | Defeat |
| February 10, 1814 | Champaubert | War of the Sixth Coalition | French Empire | Victory |
| February 11, 1814 | Montmirail | War of the Sixth Coalition | French Empire | Victory |
| February 12, 1814 | Chateau-Thierry | War of the Sixth Coalition | French Empire | Victory |
| February 14, 1814 | Vauchamps | War of the Sixth Coalition | French Empire | Victory |
| February 17, 1814 | Mormant | War of the Sixth Coalition | French Empire | Victory |
| February 18, 1814 | Montereau | War of the Sixth Coalition | French Empire | Victory |
| March 5, 1814 | Berry-au-Bac | War of the Sixth Coalition | French Empire | Victory |
| March 7, 1814 | Craonne | War of the Sixth Coalition | French Empire | Victory |
| March 9, 1814 - March 10, 1814 | Laon | War of the Sixth Coalition | French Empire | Defeat |
| March 12, 1814 - March 13, 1814 | Reims | War of the Sixth Coalition | French Empire | Victory |
| March 20, 1814 - March 21, 1814 | Arcis-sur-Aube | War of the Sixth Coalition | French Empire | Defeat |
| March 26, 1814 | Saint-Dizier | War of the Sixth Coalition | French Empire | Victory |
| June 16, 1815 | Ligny | Hundred Days | United Kingdom of the Netherlands | Victory |
| June 18, 1815 | Waterloo | Hundred Days | United Kingdom of the Netherlands | Defeat |