Napoleonic Wars

American  

plural noun

1. the intermittent wars (1796–1815) waged by France principally against England, Prussia, Austria, and Russia.

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Napoleonic Wars British  

plural noun

1. the series of wars fought between France, under Napoleon Bonaparte, and (principally) Great Britain, Prussia, Russia, and Austria either alone or in alliances (1799–1815)

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Napoleonic Wars

During the Napoleonic Wars in the 1810s, it was moved along with other manuscripts to the church of San Bernardo alle Terme in Rome for safekeeping.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2026

The archipelago switched to British control in the 1814 Treaty of Paris, which briefly paused the Napoleonic Wars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Most accounts of the Rothschilds’ wealth trace its origins to a decision to finance the British military in the Napoleonic Wars.

From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

The thought kept occurring to me while reading "War and Peace," Leo Tolstoy’s massive novel following a few Russian families during the Napoleonic Wars.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2024

He had first expressed an interest in setting the poem to music when he was in his early twenties, before the full weight of the Napoleonic Wars began to envelop Europe.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall