The Napoleonic Wars lasted from 1804 until 1815. They were a continuation of the conflicts sparked by the French Revolution and covered the duration of the First French Empire. The First and Second Coalitions For a more detailed account see the French Revolutionary Wars. The First Coalition (1792-1797) of...
Napoleonic Wars
Date
March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). There are 284 days remaining. Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperors 1621 - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags...
22 March 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). Events February - Napoleon attacks Russia February 6 - Naval Engagement February 8 - Battle of Eylau - Napoleon defeats Russians under General Benigssen February 19 - In Alabama, Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason. March...
1807
Place
Sejerø
Result
Decisive The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and a member of the British Commonwealth and European Union. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, UK or, inaccurately, as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent parts. Three of these parts...
British victory
Combatants
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United Kingdom
The Kingdom of Denmark-Norway, consisting of Denmark and Norway, including Norways possessions Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, is a term used for the two united kingdoms after their amalgamation as one state in 1536. The term Kingdom of Denmark is often used to include Norway in the...
Denmark-Norway
3 Ships of the line were 1st, 2nd, or 3rd-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. A first-rate from about 1845 In the age of sail, after the development of the line of battle tactic in the mid 17th century, and up to the mid 19th...
ships of the line, 1 Sailing frigates were 4th, 5th, or 6th-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. In modern military terminology, a frigate is a warship intended to protect other warships and merchant marine ships and as anti-submarine warfare (ASW) combatants for amphibious expeditionary forces, underway replenishment groups, and...
frigate
1 Ships of the line were 1st, 2nd, or 3rd-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. A first-rate from about 1845 In the age of sail, after the development of the line of battle tactic in the mid 17th century, and up to the mid 19th...
ship of the line
Casualties
55 dead
64 dead, 126 wounded
Gunboat War (1807-1814) refers to the naval guerilla warfare of Danish gunboats against the British navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Danish government decided to build smaller gunboats in large numbers after the second battle of Copenhagen and the loss of Danish Royal Fleet in September 1807. The advantages in...
Gunboat War
The Battle of Copenhagen The Battle of Copenhagen (Danish: Slaget på Reden) was a naval battle fought on 2 April 1801 by a British fleet under the command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, against a Danish fleet anchored just off Copenhagen. The main attack was led by Admiral Horatio Nelson...
Copenhagen (1801) – The second Battle of Copenhagen, which lasted from 16 August to 5 September 1807, was, like the first battle of Copenhagen, an attack by the British on the Danish capital of Copenhagen. The British government decided to seize the Danish fleet to avoid its ending up in the hands of...
Copenhagen (1807) – Zealand Point – Anholt – Battle of Lyngør Conflict Napoleonic Wars Date 12 July 1812 Place Lyngør Result Decisive British victory Strategic background to the battle The British imposed a blockade on supply lines between Norway and Denmark during the Napoleonic War in the Skagerrak sound, except for Norwegian ships transporting...
Lyngør
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British naval supremacy
The Battle of Charleroi, one of the Battles of the Frontiers, was one of the key battles on the Western Front in 1914, and one of the early major German victories.
The Battle of Le Cateau was essentially a rearguard action fought by the British in late August 1914, during the general Allied retreat along the Western Front in the face of sustained German successes at the four Battles of the Frontiers.
The battle began with a nine-day German offensive that was only halted with the arrival of French reinforcements and the deliberate flooding of the Belgian front.Belgian troops opened the sluice gates of the dykes holding back the sea from the low countries.
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