Napoleonic Era

Emperor of Russia

Alexander I of Russia

Russia 23 December 1777 – 1 December 1825

In 1814: The driving will of the Coalition

Moscow had been burned in 1812, and Alexander was determined to end the war in Paris. At the end of March it was largely his decision to ignore Napoleon’s move east and march straight on the capital. He entered Paris on 31 March.

On the timeline

  1. Battle of Austerlitz
  2. Battle of Friedland
  3. Treaty of Tilsit
  4. The invasion of Russia
  5. Treaty of Chaumont
  6. Battle of Fère-Champenoise
  7. Paris capitulates
  8. First Treaty of Paris

Sources

  1. Wikidata (dates of birth and death, portrait identifiers)
  2. F. Loraine Petre, Napoleon at Bay, 1814 (London: John Lane, 1914) · Public domain. The main source for strengths, losses and movements on this site.
  3. Images: Wikimedia Commons. The licence for each image is checked at build time and linked from its caption.

Wikidata record Q15193 · All people