French Revolution and Napoleonic WarsWars and battles
Battle of Jena–Auerstedt
In two simultaneous battles, at Jena (Napoleon) and at Auerstedt (Marshal Davout), the French routed the Prussian army; two weeks later Napoleon entered Berlin.
- Date
- 14 October 1806exact date
- Place
- Jenatoday: Jena, Thuringia, Germany · Western and Central Europe
- Participants
- First French Empire, Grande Armée, Kingdom of Prussia, Napoleon I
- Threads
- French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
Connections
Consequences
- Continental System21 November 1806 – 11 April 1814 · Western and Central EuropeNapoleon signed the blockade decree in Berlin, occupied after Prussia’s defeat
Same participants
- Third Partition of Poland13 (24) October 1795 · Eastern Europevia Kingdom of Prussia
- Battle of Austerlitz20 November (2 December) 1805 · Western and Central Europevia First French Empire
- Treaties of Tilsit25 June (7 July) 1807 · Western and Central Europevia First French Empire
- Battle of Borodino26 August (7 September) 1812 · Eastern Europevia Grande Armée
Adjacent events in the thread
- Battle of Blaauwberg and the capture of the Cape Colony8–18 January 1806 · Africa
Meanwhile in the world
Other regions, within a year of this event
Eastern Europe
- First Russian circumnavigation26 July (7 August) 1803 – 7 (19) August 1806
Balkans and Anatolia
- First Serbian Uprising14 February 1804 – 7 October 1813
Africa
- Jihad of Usman dan Fodio21 February 1804 – 1808
- Battle of Blaauwberg and the capture of the Cape Colony8–18 January 1806
North America
- Lewis and Clark Expedition14 May 1804 – 23 September 1806
Latin America
- Balmis Expedition30 November 1803 – 14 August 1806