The world: 1800s

1800–1809

Events in this period 4

1. 1803 – 1815 · Europe · War

   Napoleonic Wars

   The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a global series of conflicts fought by a fluctuating array of European coalitions against the French First Republic (1803–1804) under the First Consul followed by the First French Empire (1804–1815) under the Emperor of the French, Napoleon. The wars originated in political forces arising from the French Revolution (1789–1799) and French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802) and produced a period of French domination over continental Europe. The wars are categorised as seven conflicts, five named after the coalitions that fought Napoleon, plus two named for their respective theatres: the War of the Third Coalition, War of the Fourth Coalition, War of the Fifth Coalition, War of the Sixth Coalition, War of the Seventh Coalition, the Peninsular War, and the French invasion of Russia.

2. 1808 – 1833 · South America · War

   Spanish American wars of independence

   The Spanish American wars of independence were a series of conflicts across the Spanish Empire in the early 19th century. They began shortly after the outbreak of the Peninsular War and formed part of the broader Napoleonic Wars.

3. 1803 · North America · Politics

   Louisiana Purchase

   The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River's drainage basin west of the river. In return for $15 million, or approximately $18 per square mile ($7/km2), the United States nominally acquired a total of 828,000 sq mi of land now in the Central United States. However, France only controlled a small fraction of this area, most of which was inhabited by Native Americans; effectively, for the majority of the area, the United States bought the preemptive right to obtain Indian lands by treaty or by conquest, to the exclusion of other colonial powers.

4. 1805 · Europe · War

   Battle of Austerlitz

   The Battle of Austerlitz was fought on Monday 2 December 1805, near Austerlitz, being the decisive engagement of the War of the Third Coalition. The Grande Armée under the command of Emperor Napoleon I defeated a combined Russo-Austrian army. One force was an imperial Russian army under the command of Tsar Alexander I and General Mikhail Kutuzov, while the other comprised an imperial Austrian army under the command of Emperor Francis II. The battle was known contemporaneously as the Battle of the Three Emperors.

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Still under way

• Haitian Revolution1791 – 1804
• French Revolutionary Wars1792 – 1802
• French invasion of Egypt and Syria1798 – 1801

Around the same time

• French Revolution1789 – 1799
• American Revolution1763 – 1783
• Constitution of the United States1787
• First Fleet1788
• War of 18121812 – 1815
• Battle of Waterloo1815
• Third Anglo-Maratha War1817 – 1819
• Independence of Brazil1822
• Rebellion of Túpac Amaru II1780 – 1783
• Storming of the Bastille1789
• May Revolution1810
• Battle of Borodino1812

Other maps for this period

• War mapsAnglo-Maratha Wars
• War mapsNapoleonic Wars
• War mapsSpanish American wars of independence
• Inventions mapVoltaic pile
• Inventions mapSteam locomotive
• Inventions mapSteamboat