The War of the Sixth Coalition was the phase of the Napoleonic Wars that followed Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. Russia, Prussia, Austria, Sweden, Britain and several German states united against France. After a defeat at Leipzig in October 1813, the largest battle in Europe before the First World War, Napoleon was forced to retreat across the Rhine. The Allies invaded France in early 1814, and Paris capitulated in March. Napoleon abdicated and was sent into exile on the island of Elba, and the Bourbon monarchy was restored under Louis XVIII.
Before and after
- 22 August 1812Burckhardt rediscovers Petra
- 13 October 1812Battle of Queenston Heights
- from 15 November 1812 to 18 November 1812Battle of Krasnoi
- from 1813 to 1814Creek War
- from 1813 to 1814War of the Sixth Coalition
- 28 January 1813Publication of Pride and Prejudice
- 5 May 1813Birth of Søren Kierkegaard
- 22 May 1813Birth of Richard Wagner
- 21 June 1813Battle of Vitoria
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