Napoleonic Wars: The Impact Of The Battle Of Napoleon

The Napoleonic Wars made a tremendous impact on Europe and the most important impacts resulted from victories by Napoleon. As a result of Napoleon’s victories, European countries were able to form alliances. The Battle of Marengo ended the Second Coalition and enforced Napoleon’s position as First Consul. The Treaty of Pressburg, as well as the Confederation of Rhine were subsequent results of The Battle of Austerlitz. The Battle of Wagram lead to the Treaty of Vienna and territory gains for Napoleon. The battles that were lost by the French made compensated for all the chaos that was caused. With his victories, Napoleon was capable of bringing much of Europe together in alliance. In December of 1805 The Battle of Austerlitz occurred. The

The battle took place in July of 1809. As usual, Napoleon had less troops but defeated the Austrians. After numerous days at battle, Archduke Charles requested to have an agreement made by both sides to cease fighting for a certain time. The Armistice of Znaim ended the hostilities between both the French and Austrians. The Battle of Wagram also successfully ended the Fifth Coalition. With the end of the Fifth Coalition came the Treaty of Schonbrunn, also known as the Treaty of Vienna. This caused a significant territory, but great gains for Napoleon. In May of 1809 The Battle of Aspern-Essling took place. France was opposed against Austria, as they had been in previous years. The Battle of Aspern-Essling marked Napoleon’s first defeat in over ten years. Napoleon had known the risk of losing but pursued regardless. As a result, over 20,000 men were lost, and Austria suffered a similar loss. Although reeling from the loss of so many troops, the Austrians were encouraged by their first win against France in over a decade. The loss of the Battle of Aspern-Essling later drove Napoleon to try for another attack which would come to be known as the Battle of