1285
War between Russia and Sweden,
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1285
|
Continental System acknowledged except in Portugal,
|
1285
|
Condition of the Peninsula,
|
1286
|
Joseph made King of Spain,
|
1287
|
Napoleon's armies in Spain,
|
1288
|
Invasion of Portugal,
|
1288
|
1808 Enthusiasm in England for the Spanish insurrection,
|
1289
|
Wellesley sent to Portugal,
|
1290
|
Combat of Rorica,
|
1291
|
Battle of Vimiero,
|
1292
|
Convention of Cintra,
|
1293
|
Sir John Moore's march to Salamanca,
|
1294
|
Napoleon in Madrid,
|
1295
|
1809 Battle of Corunna,
|
1297
|
Opinion in England concerning the war,
|
1298
|
Scandal of the Duke of York,
|
1299
|
Charges against Castlereagh,
|
1299
|
Opposition to Napoleon in Germany,
|
1300
|
Battle of Aspern,
|
1300
|
Battle of Wagram,
|
1301
|
Peace of Vienna,
|
1301
|
The Walcheren expedition,
|
1301
|
Wellesley victorious in Portugal,
|
1303
|
Battle of Talavera,
|
1304
|
1810 Wellington fortifies the Lisbon promontory,
|
1306
|
Battle of Busaco,
|
1307
|
1811 Battle of Albuera,
|
1309
|
Critical position of the French,
|
1311
|
Threatened war between Russia and France,
|
1313
|
1812 Capture of Rodrigo and Badajos,
|
1315
|
Battle of Salamanca,
|
1316
|
Wellington in Madrid,
|
1317
|
He retreats to Portugal,
|
1318
|
1813 Battle of Vittoria,
|
1319
|
1814 Battle of Toulouse,
|
1321
|
Long tenure of power by the Tory party,
|
1321
|
1809 Quarrel of Castlereagh and Canning,
|
1322
|
1810 Illness of the King,
|
1323
|
1811 The Regency Bill,
|
1324
|
1812 Assassination of Perceval. Liverpool made Premier,
|
1325
|
War with America,
|
1325
|
1814 Capture of Washington,
|
1327
|
Abdication of Napoleon,
|
1328
|
Character of the Tory Government,
|
1329
|
1810 Depression of trade,
|
1331
|
1811 The Luddite riots,
|
1332
|
Misery of the agricultural labourer,
|
1333
|
1814 ; Difficulties attending the settlement of Europe,
|
1333
|
First Treaty of Paris,
|
1334
|
Visit of the monarchs to England,
|
1335
|
Congress at Vienna,
|
1335
|
1815 Compromise agreed upon,
|
1338
|
Escape of Napoleon from Elba,
|
1339
|
Military preparations against Napoleon,
|
1339
|
Battle of Ligny,
|
1340
|
Battle of Quatre Bras,
|
1341
|
Battle of Waterloo,
|
1342
|
The allies enter Paris,
|
1346
|
Napoleon banished to St. Helena,
|
1346
|
The second Treaty of Paris,
|
1346
|
1816 Battle of Algiers,
|
1347
|
Opposition in Parliament,
|
1348
|
Extravagance of the Government,
|
1349
|
Agricultural and commercial
|