| 1804 | Napoleon declared Emperor; 18 Marshals of the Empire created; Eagles presented to the Army in Boulogne | 1810 | Napoleon's wedding to Marie-Louise |
| 1805 | Napoleon proclaimed King of Italy; Grande Armée crosses the Rhine; Victories at Elchingen, Ulm, Austerlitz; Defeat at Trafalgar | 1811 | Victories of Badajoz, Tarragona, and Sagunta; Birth of Napoleon II, François Charles Joseph, King of Rome |
| 1806 | Confederation of the Rhine created; Victories at Jena and Auerstadt; Continental blockade established | 1812 | Wellington defeats the French at Ciudad Rodrigo; War is declared on Russia; Napoleon enters Moscow in September; Grand Armée begins retreat from Moscow in October |
| 1807 | Battle of Eylau; Victories at Danzig and Friedland; Junot enters Lisbon | 1813 | Prussia and Austria declare war on France; Victories of Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden; Bavaria defects from the Empire; Defeat at Leipzig |
| 1808 | Murat enters Madrid; Joseph named King of Spain, flees shortly thereafter; Napoleon enters Spain in October and retakes Madrid | 1814 | Campaign in France, Paris surrenders in March; Napoleon abdicates the throne; Louis XVIII returns to Paris; Napoleon exiled to Elba |
| 1809 | Victories of Landschut, Eckmühl, and Wagram; Napoleon divorces Josephine | 1815 | Napoleon escapes from Elba; Defeat at Waterloo; Napoleon abdicates for second time, exiled to St. Helena |
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