August

1769

15 August: Birth of Napoleone Buonaparte.

1793

27 August: Toulon allows Allies to enter.

1794

9-20 August: Bonaparte jailed at Antibes.

1795

19 August: Peace with Spain.
21 August: Bonaparte joins Bureau Topographique.

1796

2 August: First battle of Lonato.
5 August: Second battle of Lonato and battle of Castiglione.
19 August: Treaty of Idelfonso with Spain.

1798

1 August: The Battle of the Nile.

1799

15 August: Battle of Novi.
23 August: Bonaparte sails for France.
27 August: Allies land in Holland under Duke of York.

1802

2 August: France annexes Elba.

1805

9 August: Austria joins Third Coalition.

1806

6 August: Holy Roman Empire dissolved.
9 August: Prussia mobilises its army.
24 August: Tsar Alexander snubs peace with France.

1807

16 August: British forces land at Copenhagen.

1808

1-8 August: British under Arthur Wellesley land at Mondego Bay.
14 August: Raising of siege of Saragossa.
16 August: Action of Obidos.
17 August: Battle of Rolica.
21 August: The battle of Vimiero.
30 August: The Convention of Cintra.

1809

16 August: Battle of Flushing.

1810

16 August: Start of siege of Almeida.
21 August: Marshal Bernadotte becomes Crown Prince of Sweden.
28 August: Fall of Almeida.

1812

13 August: Duke of Wellington enters Madrid.
17-19 August: Battles of Smolensk, Valutino.
17-18 August: First battle of Polotsk.
24 August: Siege of Cadiz ends.

1813

12 August: Austria declares war on France.
23 August: Battle of Gross Beeren.
26-27 August: Battle of Dresden.
30 August: Battle of Kulm.
31 August: Fall of San Sebastian.

1814

24 August: The battle of Bladensburg.

1815

7 August: Bonaparte sails on HMS Northumberland for St Helena.