Napoleonic Wars

Type: Event

As of November 2026, Napoleonic Wars has been mentioned in 2 episodes across 1 podcast, first heard Jan 2022 on Historia Civilis. The Napoleonic Wars reshaped Europe, leading to the Congress of Vienna and the re-establishment of a balance of power.

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 I. The wars originated in political forces arising from the French Revolution (1789–1799) and from the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802) and produced a period of French domination over Continental Europe. The wars are