December

1793
19 December: Fall of Toulon.

1796
16 December: General Hoche embarks for Ireland.
21-27 December: Attempts to land at Bantry Bay fail.

1798
29 December: The Second Coalition against France formed.

1799
14 December: Bonaparte made First Consul.

1800
3 December: Battle of Hohenlinden.
24 December: Bomb attack on First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's carriage in Paris.

1804
2 December: Bonaparte's coronation.
14 December: Spain declares war on Britain.

1805
2 December: Battle of Austerlitz.
26 December: Peace of Pressburg.

1806
10 December: Saxony signs peace treaty (Posen) with France.
18 December: Bonaparte enters Warsaw.
26 December: Battles of Golymin and Pultusk.

1807
17 December: Second Milan Decree.

1808
4 December: Napoleon occupies Madrid.
20 December: Second siege of Saragossa.
21 December: Battle of Sahagun.
24 December: Moore begins retreat to Corunna.
26 December: Battle of Benavente.

1809
15 December: Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Josephine.

1811
19 December: Siege of Tarifa.
31 December: Tsar Alexander limits French trade.

1812
5 December: Bonaparte abandons Grand Armee.
14 December: French rearguard crosses the Niemen.
18 December: Bonaparte reaches Paris.
30 December: Convention of Tauroggen.

1813
11 December: Treaty of Valencay.
13 December: Battle of St Pierre.

1814
24 December: Treaty of Ghent.

1815
7 December: Execution of Marshal Ney.