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Close-upA close-up on: Napoleon’s entry into Berlin, 27 October, 1806On 27 October, 1806, after the victories at Iéna and Auerstädt two weeks earlier, Napoleon rode in triumph into Berlin passing under the Brandenburg Gate. -
Close-upA close-up on: the "Continental system or Blockade"On 21 November, 1806, Napoleon decreed, from his Palace in Berlin, a blockade of the British Isles and forbade all British goods and commerce entering the continent. This came to be known as the ‘continental’ blockade since de facto most of the European continent was… -
Close-upA close-up on: the Flaubert Madame Bovary trial7 February, 1857, saw the end of the trial involving the writer Gustave Flaubert, the owner, and the printer of La Revue de Paris. The three men had been accused of insulting public morals and offending decent manners by the serialised publication of the novel…
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Close-upA close-up on: 1803: the purchase of Louisiana by the US from FranceDiscovered by the Spanish in the 16th century, Louisiana was explored a century later by the Frenchman, Robert Cavalier de la Salle (1643-1682). He gave this land to the French king as a present. In 1699, Pierre Le Moyne de Bienville (1680-1768) took possession of… -
Close-upA close-up on: the promulgation of the French Code Civil, 21 March 1804Comprising 36 laws and 2,281 articles, arranged in three parts consecrated to people, goods and property, written in a clear and concise style so as to avoid any ambiguity, the Code civil was “a body of laws designed to direct and fix social, familial and commercial… -
Close-upThe proclamation of Empire, 18 May 1804Contrary to a widely held belief, it was not the coronation (Sacre) of 2 December, 1804, which “created” the Napoleonic Empire but rather a Sénatus-consulte adopted by the Sénat during its meeting of 18 May, 1804. The ensemble of documents presented on Napoleonica® les archives… -
Close-upA close-up on: the coronation of Napoleon I (otherwise known as the “Sacre”)On 2 December, 1804, the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris was the stage on which the coronation of Napoleon I was played out, in the presence of Pope Pius VII. The new emperor broke with tradition by crowning himself and pronouncing an oath guaranteeing the… -
Close-upA close-up on: Napoleon crowned king of Italy, 26 May 1805 in MilanIt was in Milan, on 26 May 1805, that Napoleon was crowned King of Italy. -
Close-upA close-up on: Trafalgar, 21 October, 1805On 21 October, 1805, the allied Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve was ‘annihilated’ by the British fleet under Admiral Nelson.