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War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Jean Victor Marie Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war.
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Battle of Hohenlinden
1800 battle during the War of the Second Coalition
The Battle of Hohenlinden was fought on 3 December 1800 during the French Revolutionary Wars. A French army under Jean Victor Marie Moreau won a decisive victory over an Austrian and Bavarian force led by 18-year-old Archduke John of Austria. The allies were forced into a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Jean Victor Marie Moreau
French general (1763–1813)
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Archduke John of Austria
Austrian soldier; imperial regent of the German Empire (1848 to 1849)
Archduke John of Austria, a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, was an Austrian field marshal and imperial regent (Reichsverweser) of the short-lived German Empire during the Revolutions of 1848.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Munich
Capital, most populous city in Bavaria
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French Consulate
Government of France from 1799 to 1804
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French general and politician, Emperor of the French (r. 1804–1814, 1815)
Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815. He…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Marengo
Part of the War of the Second Coalition (1800)
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Treaty of Lunéville
1801 Treaty during the War of the Second Coalition
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December 3
Day of the year
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