List of Napoleonic battles
This list includes all those battles which were fought throughout the Napoleonic era, April 1796 – 3 July 1815.
List of Battles involving Napoleon in the First Coalition and the Napoleonic Wars[]
| Battle | French Belligerent | Allied Belligerent | French Commander | Allied Commander | Outcome | Date | Photo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siege of Toulon |  French Republic |
 Great Britain,  Toulon Royalists,  , Kingdom of Sicily,  Kingdom of Naples,  Kingdom of Sardinia
|
Napoleon Bonaparte, Jean François Carteaux, Jacques Francois Dugommier |
Samuel Hood, Charles O'Hara, Lord Mulgrave, Sidney Smith, Juan de Langara |
French Victory, British-led Allied Army departs Toulon as city falls back into republican control | 29 August – 19 December 1793 | ||
| [[1]] | French Republic | Kingdom of Sardinia, Hapsburg Austria | Napoleon Bonaparte, Andre Massena | Joseph Nikolaus de Vins, Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi | French Victory | |||
| French Republic | French Royalists | Napoleon Bonaparte, Paul Barras, Guillaume Brune | Richer de Sevigny | Republican Victory, Napoleon disperses the mob and the government saved | October 5th 1794 | |||
| Battle of Montenotte | French Republic | Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Sardinia | Napoleon Bonaparte, Andre Massena | Mathias Rukavina von Boynograd, Eugène-Guillaume Argenteau | French Victory | April 11 & 12 1796 | ||
| Battle of Millesimo | French Republic | Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Sardinia | Napoleon Bonaparte, Pierre Augereau | French Victory | April 13th &14th 1796 | |||
| Second Battle of Dego | French Republic | Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Sardinia | Napoleon Bonaparte, Andre Massena | Eugène-Guillaume Argenteau, | French Victory | April 14th-15th 1796 | ||
| Battle of Ceva | French Republic | Kingdom of Sardinia | Pierre Augereau, Napoleon Bonaparte | Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi | French Victory | April 16th, 1796 | ||
| Battle of Mondovi | French Republic | Kingdom of Sardinia | Napoleon Bonaparte, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier | Michelangelo Alessandro Colli-Marchi | French Victory, Napoleon forces Sardinia-Piedmont out of the First Coalition | April 20-22nd 1796 | ||
| Battle of Fombio | French Republic | Austrian Empire | [Napoleon Bonaparte | Johann Peter Beaulieu | French Victory | May 7-9 1796 | ||
| Battle of Lodi | French Republic | Austrian Empire | Napoleon Bonaparte | Johann Peter Beaulieu | French victory, Napoleon famed as a hero | May 10th, 1796 | ||
| Battle of Borghetto | French Republic | Austrian Empire | Napoleon Bonaparte | Johann Peter Beaulieu | French Victory | May 30th, 1796 | ||
| Siege of Mantua | French Republic | Austrian Empire | Napoleon Bonaparte, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier | Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser | French victory, Sérurier accepts the surrender after a long siege | July 4 1796 to February 2nd 1797 | ||
| Battle of Lonato | French Republic | Austrian Empire | Napoleon Bonaparte | French Victory, Entire Austrian column destroyed | August 3rd, 1796 | |||
| Battle of Castiglione | French Republic | Austrian Empire | Napoleon Bonaparte, Pierre Augereau, Andre Massena | Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser | French Victory, Napoleon made even more famous | August 5th 1796 | ||
| Battle of Rovereto | French Republic | Austrian Empire | Napoleon Bonaparte | Paul Davidovich | French Victory | September 4th, 1796 | ||
| Battle of Bassano | French Republic | Austrian Empire | Napoleon Bonaparte, Jean Lannes | Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser | French victory, lots of Austrian supplies and artillery captured | September 8th, 1796 | ||
| Battle of Arcole | French Republic | Austrian Empire | Napoleon Bonaparte, Jean Lannes | French Victory | November 15-17th 1796 | |||
| Battle of Rivoli | French Republic | Austrian Empire | Napoleon Bonaparte, Andre Massena | Jozef Alvincizi, Peter von Quassidovich, | French Victory | January 14-15 1797 | ||
| French Republic | Austrian Empire | Napoleon Bonaparte, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte | Archduke Charles | French victory, Napoleon begins to chase the Austrian back to Vienna | March 16th, 1797 | |||
| [rench Republic | Austrian Empire | Napoleon Bonaparte | Archduke Charles | French victory, Austrians fall back out of Italy | March 16th, 1796 | |||
| Battle of Tarvis (1797) | French Republic | Austrian Empire | Napoleon Bonaparte, Andre Massena | Archduke Charles | French victory, French army clears the way to Austria, a bit later Austria surrenderes to Napoleon at the | March 21-23 1797 | ||
| French Republic | Old Swiss Confederacy | Guillaume Brune | Karl Ludwig von Erlach | Switzerland is occupied by the French, Swiss armies defeated at Battle of Grauholz,Swiss partisans crushed, Heltevic Republic Established & Swiss Tresuary sacked to finance Napoleons Invasoin of Egypt | January 28-May 17th 1798 | |||
| French Republic | Knights of St John | Napoleon Bonaparte, Louis Desaix, Jean-Andoche Junot | Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim | French Victory, Malta is occupied by Napoleon | June 10-12 1798 | |||
| Battle of Shubra Khit | French Republic | Ottoman Empire | Napoleon Bonaparte, | Murad Bey, Ibrahim Bey | French Victory | July 13th, 1798 | ||
| Revolt of Cairo | ||||||||
| Battle of the Nile | ||||||||
| Siege of Jaffa | ||||||||
| Siege of Acre | ||||||||
| Battle of Mount Tabor | ||||||||
| First Battle of Zurich | ||||||||
| Battle of Cassano | ||||||||
| Battle of the Trebbia | ||||||||
| Battle of Abukir | ||||||||
| Battle of Bergen | ||||||||
| Battle of Novi | ||||||||
| Second Battle of Zurich | ||||||||
| Battle of Alkmaar | ||||||||
| Battle of Castricum | ||||||||
| Macdonalds Crossing of the Alps | ||||||||
| Battle of Marengo | ||||||||
| Battle of Hohenlinden | ||||||||
| Battle of Diamond Rock | ||||||||
| Battle of Memmingen | ||||||||
| Battle of Elchingen | ||||||||
| Battle of Trafalgar | ||||||||
| Battle of Ulm | ||||||||
| Battle of Austerlitz | ||||||||
| Battle of Campo Tenese | ||||||||
| Siege of Gaeta | ||||||||
| Battle of Jena | ||||||||
| Greater Polish Uprising | ||||||||
| Siege of Danzig | ||||||||
| Battle of Eylau | ||||||||
| Battle of Friedland | ||||||||
| Dos de Mayo Uprising | ||||||||
| Battle of Medina del Rioseco | ||||||||
| Battle of Bailen | ||||||||
| Battle of Tudela | ||||||||
| Battle of Ratisbon | ||||||||
| Battle of Eckmuhl | ||||||||
| Battle of Wörgl | ||||||||
| Battle of Aspern-Essling | ||||||||
| Battle of Raab | ||||||||
| Battle of Wagram | ||||||||
| Siege of Girona | ||||||||
| Siege of Cadiz | ||||||||
| Battle of Barrossa | ||||||||
| Battle of Bussaco | ||||||||
| Lines of Torres Vedras | ||||||||
| Siege of Tarragona | ||||||||
| Battle of Valencia | ||||||||
| Siege of Badajoz | ||||||||
| Battle of Salamanca | ||||||||
| Battle of Saltanovka | ||||||||
| Siege of Riga | ||||||||
| Battle of Smolensk | ||||||||
| Siege of Burgos | ||||||||
| Battle of Borodino | ||||||||
| Battle of Krasny | ||||||||
| Battle of Berezina | ||||||||
| Battle of Lutzen | ||||||||
| Battle of Bautzen | ||||||||
| Battle of Vitoria | ||||||||
| Battle of Dresden | ||||||||
| Battle of Dennewitz | ||||||||
| Battle of Kulm | ||||||||
| Battle of Katzbach | ||||||||
| Battle of Liepzig | ||||||||
| Siege of Hamburg | ||||||||
| Battle of Hanau | ||||||||
| Battle of Nivelle | ||||||||
| Battle of Arnhem | ||||||||
| Battle of Brienne | ||||||||
| Battle of Vauchamps | ||||||||
| Battle of Mormant | ||||||||
| Battle of Orthez | ||||||||
| Battle of Craonne | ||||||||
| Battle of Laon | ||||||||
| Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube | ||||||||
| Battle of Paris | ||||||||
| Battle of Toulouse | ||||||||
| Battle of Quatre Bras | ||||||||
| Battle of Ligny | ||||||||
| Battle of Waterloo' | French Empire | British Empire, Kingdom of Prussia | Emperor Napoleon, Marshal Ney | Duke of Wellington, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher | Allied Victory. Napoleon retreats from Belgium as chance of victory in the Hundred Days ends | June 18, 1815 | ||
| Battle of Wavre | French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia | Marshal Grouchy, Dominique Vandamme | Johann von Thielmann | Tactical French Victory, Strategic Prussian Victory - French win battle and successfully withdraw, but strategic objective to pin Prussians down to help Napoleon win at Waterloo failed. | June 18-19 1815 | ||
| Battle of Issy | French Empire | Kingdom of Prussia | Dominique Vandamme, Marshal Davout | Prussian victory, Paris now exposed, France decides to capitulate | July 2-3 1815 |
A[]
- Battle of Abukir (1799) 2 January – 20 February 1799
- Battle of Abukir (1801) 8 March 1801
- Battle of Abensberg 20 April 1809
- Siege of Acre 17 March – 20 May 1799
- Battle of Alba de Tormes 26 November 1809
- Battle of la Albuera 16 May 1811
- Battle of Algeciras Bay 8 and 12 July 1801
- Battle of Alkmaar 2 October 1799
- Battle of Amstetten 5 November 1805
- Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube 20–21 March 1814
- Battle of Aspern-Essling 22 May 1809
- Battle of Jena–Auerstedt 14 October 1806
- Battle of Arcole 15–17 November 1796
- Battle of Arnhem 30 November 1813
- Battle of Austerlitz 2 December 1805
B[]
- Battle of Badajoz 16 March – 6 April 1812
- Battle of Bailén 18 – 22 July 1808
- Battle of la Barrosa 5 March 1811
- Battle of Bascara 14 June 1795
- Battle of Bassano 8 September 1796
- Battle of Bautzen 21 May 1813
- Battle of Berezina 26–29 November 1812
- Battle of Bergen 19 September 1799
- Battles of Bergisel 2 April – 1 November 1809
- Battle of Borodino 7 September 1812
- Battle of Brienne 29 January 1814
- Battle of Burgos - Battle of Gamonal 7 November 1808
- Battle of Buçaco 27 September 1810
C[]
- Siege of Cádiz 5 February 1810, 24 August 1812
- Battle of Caldiero 30 October 1805
- Battle of Castiglione 5 August 1796
- Battle of Castlebar 27 August 1798
- Battle of Champaubert 10 February 1814
- Battle of Chashniki 31 October 1812
- Battle of Château-Thierry 2 February 1814
- Battle of Copenhagen 2 April 1801
- Battle of Corunna 16 January 1809
- Battle of Courtrai 31 March 1814
- Battle of Craonne 7 March 1814
- Siege of Cattaro 14 October 1813
D[]
- Battle of Dego 14–15 April 1796
- Battle of Dennewitz 6 September 1813
- Battle of Diersheim 20–21 April 1797
- Battle of Dresden 26–27 August 1813
- Battle of Dürenstein 11 November 1805
E[]
- Battle of Eckmühl 22 April 1809
- Battle of Ekau 19 July 1812
- Battle of Elchingen 14 October 1805
- Battle of Espinosa de los Monteros 10–11 November 1808
- Battle of Évora 29 July 1808
- Battle of Eylau 7–8 February 1807
F[]
- Battle of Cape Finisterre 22 July 1805
- Battle of Frauenfeld 25 May 1799
- Battle of Friedland 14 June 1807
- Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro 3–5 May 1811
G[]
- Battle of the Gevora river 19 February 1811
- Third Siege of Gerona 6 May – 12 December 1809
- Battle of Grand Port 20–27 May 1810
H[]
- Siege of Hamburg 30 May 1813 – 27 May 1814
- Battle of Haslach-Jungingen 11 October 1805
- Battle of Heilsberg 10 June 1807
- Battle of Hohenlinden 3 December 1800
- Battle of Hoogstraten 11 January 1814
I[]
- Battle of Île Ronde 22 October 1794
- Battle of Issy 2-3 July 1815
J[]
- Battle of Jemappes 6 November 1792
- Battle of Jena–Auerstedt 14 October 1806
K[]
- Battle of the Katzbach - 26 August 1813
- Battle of Kircheib 19 June 1796
- Siege of Kolberg - March to 2 July 1807
L[]
- Battle of Landshut 21 April 1809
- Battle of La Suffel 28 June 1815
- Battle of Leipzig 16–19 October 1813
- Battle of Ligny 16 June 1815
- Battle of Linth River 25-26 September 1799
- Battle of Lodi 10 May 1796
- Battle of Lübeck 6 November 1806
- Battle of Lützen 2 May 1813
M[]
- Battle of Maida 4 July 1806
- Battle of Mahé 19 August 1801
- Battle of Marengo 14 June 1800
- Battle of María 15 June 1809
- Battle of Medellín 28 March 1809
- Battle of Medina de Rioseco 14 July 1808
- Battle of Mileto 28 May 1807
- Battle of Millesimo 13 April 1796
- Battle of the Mincio River 8 February 1814
- Battle of Mondovì 21 April 1796
- Battle of Montebello 9 June 1800
- Battle of Montenotte 12 April 1796
- Battle of Montmirail 11 February 1814
- Battle of Mount Tabor 16 April 1799
- Battle of Mykonos 17 June 1794
N[]
- Battle of the Nile 1–2 August 1798
- Battle of Novi 15 August 1799
O[]
- Battle of Oberwald 13-14 August
- Battle of Ocaña 19 November 1809
- Battle of Orbaizeta 15-17 October 1794
- Battle of Cape Ortegal 4 November 1805
- Battle of Orthez 27 February 1814
P[]
- Battle of Peyrestortes 17 September 1793
- Battle of Piave River 7–8 May 1809
- Battle of Port Louis 11 December 1799
- Battle of Pozzolo 25-26 December 1800
- Battle of the Pyramids 21 July 1798
Q[]
- Battle of Quatre Bras 16 June 1815
- Battle of Quiévrain 28-30 April 1792
R[]
- Battle of Raab 14 June 1809
- Battle of Raszyn 9 April 1809
- Battle of Rivoli 14–15 January 1797
- Battle of Rocquencourt 1 July 1815
- Battle of Roliça 17 August 1808
- Battle of Roncesvalles 25 July 1813
- Battle of La Rothière 1 February 1814
- Battle of Rovereto 4 September 1796
S[]
- Battle of Saalfeld 10 October 1806
- Battle of San Marcial 31 August 1813
- Battle of Sans Culottes Camp 5 February 1794
- Battle of Sant Llorenç de la Muga 13 August 1794
- Battle of Schöngrabern 16 November 1805
- Battle of Salamanca - Battle of Los Arapiles 22 July 1812
- Battle of Smolensk 17 August 1812
- Battle of Smoliani 13–14 November
- Battle of Somosierra 30 November 1808
T[]
- Battle of Talavera 27–28 July 1809
- Battle of Tamames 18 October 1809
- Battle of Tamatave 20 May 1811
- Battle of Tolosa 26 June 1813
- Battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805
- Battle of Trebbia 17–19 June 1799
- Battle of Truillas 22 September 1793
- Battle of Tudela 23 November 1808
U[]
- Battle of Ulm 16–19 October 1805
V[]
- Battle of Valls 25 February 1809
- Battle of Valmaseda 5 November 1808
- Battle of Valutino 18 August 1812
- Battle of Vauchamps 14 February 1814
- Battle of Verona 26 March 1799
- Battle of Vimeiro 20 August 1808
- Battle of Vitoria 21 June 1813
W[]
- Battle of Wagram 5–6 July 1809
- Battle of Waterloo 18 June 1815
- Battle of Wavre 18–19 June 1815
- Battle of Wertingen 8 October 1805
- Battle of Wiesloch 3 December 1799
- Battle of Winterthur 27 May 1799
- Battle of Wischau 25 November 1805
- Battle of Wörgl 13 May 1809
- Battle of Würzburg 3 September 1796
Z[]
- First Siege of Zaragoza 15 June – 13 August 1808
- Second Siege of Zaragoza 20 December 1808 – 20 February 1809
- Battle of Znaim 10–11 July 1809
- Battle of Zornoza 31 October 1808
See also[]
Categories:
- Battles of the Napoleonic Wars
- First French Empire