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| 1809 |
| | | Napoleon enters Vienna and defeats the Austrians in a battle at nearby Wagram | |
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| 1809 |
| | | John Moore dies at Corunna but his army escapes from Spain and gets back to England | |
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| 1810 |
| | | The Spanish Cortes flees from the renewed French invasion and establishes itself in Cadiz | |
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| 1812 |
| | | Napoleon launches an attack on his ally, the Russian tsar Alexander I, with an army of more than 600,000 men | |
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| 1812 |
| | | Damage to US trade by British orders in council prompts war (the War of 1812) between the two nations | |
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| 1812 |
| | | The British capture Detroit in an early engagement of the War of 1812 | |
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| 1812 |
| | | The US frigate Constitution, affectionately known as 'Old Ironsides', wins successes against British warships in the Atlantic | |
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| 1812 |
| | | The Russian army under Marshal Kutuzov confronts the advancing French at Borodino, and though defeated makes a successful withdrawal | |
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| 1812 |
| | | After victory at Borodino, Napoleon enters Moscow to find the city abandoned and burning | |
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| 1812 |
| | | Napoleon begins the retreat from Moscow, in arctic conditions and harried by guerrilla attacks | |
|  | Napoleon on the retreat from Moscow, after painting by Delort
Mary Evans Picture Library
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