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The Battle of Wagram between the French and Austrian Empires begins.
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Battle of Wagram
1809 battle during the War of the Fifth Coalition
The Battle of Wagram was a military engagement of the Napoleonic Wars that ended in a costly but decisive victory for Emperor Napoleon's French and allied army against the Austrian army under the command of Archduke Charles of Austria-Teschen. The battle led to the breakup of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
First French Empire
French empire under Napoleon Bonaparte from 1804 to 1815
The French Empire, known retroactively as the First French Empire, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century. It lasted from 18 May 1804 to 6 April 1814 and again briefly from…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Austrian Empire
Empire in Europe from 1804 to 1867
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