French Revolution and Napoleonic WarsWars and battles
Battle of Leipzig
The four-day Battle of Leipzig, known as the Battle of the Nations, was the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars: the armies of Russia, Austria, Prussia and Sweden inflicted a decisive defeat on Napoleon.
- Date
- 4 (16) October 1813 – 7 (19) October 1813exact date · duration: 3 daysJulian calendar (Old Style); the Gregorian date (New Style) is in brackets
- Place
- Leipzigtoday: Leipzig, Saxony, Germany · Western and Central Europe
- Participants
- First French Empire, Grande Armée, Russian Empire, Austrian Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, Kingdom of Sweden, Napoleon I, Alexander I, Francis II (Francis I of Austria), Frederick William III, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
- Threads
- French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, Russia at the turn of the 19th century
- Also known as
- Битва народов; Völkerschlacht
On the first day Napoleon attacked successfully, but under pressure from the superior allied forces he fell back on Leipzig, and on 19 October (New Style) began a retreat that cost him heavy losses; in the course of the battle the Saxon troops went over to the allies.
The defeat cost Napoleon Germany: the Confederation of the Rhine collapsed, and in 1814 the war moved onto French soil.
Connections
Causes and preconditions
- French invasion of Russia24 June – 14 December 1812 · Eastern EuropeThe destruction of the Grande Armée in Russia opened the way to the War of the Sixth Coalition
Consequences
- Battle of Paris18 (30) March 1814 – 19 (31) March 1814 · Western and Central Europe
Same participants
- Battle of Austerlitz20 November (2 December) 1805 · Western and Central Europevia Francis II (Francis I of Austria)
- Treaties of Tilsit25 June (7 July) 1807 · Western and Central Europevia Kingdom of Prussia
- Finnish War9 (21) February 1808 – 5 (17) September 1809 · Western and Central Europevia Kingdom of Sweden
- Battle of Wagram5–6 July 1809 · Western and Central Europevia Austrian Empire
- Battle of the Berezina14 (26) November 1812 – 17 (29) November 1812 · Eastern Europevia Grande Armée
- Treaty of Gulistan12 (24) October 1813 · Middle East and Egyptvia Russian Empire
- Napoleon’s abdication and exile to Elba6 April – between 3 May and 4 May 1814 · Western and Central Europevia Napoleon I
- Holy Alliance14 (26) September 1815 · Western and Central Europevia Francis II (Francis I of Austria)
Meanwhile in the world
Other regions, within 5 years of this event
Eastern Europe
- Battle of the Berezina14 (26) November 1812 – 17 (29) November 1812
- French invasion of Russia24 June – 14 December 1812
- Fire of Moscow (1812)2 (14) September 1812 – 6 (18) September 1812
- Battle of Borodino26 August (7 September) 1812
Balkans and Anatolia
- Treaty of Bucharest16 (28) May 1812
- First Serbian Uprising14 February 1804 – 7 October 1813
Middle East and Egypt
- Treaty of Gulistan12 (24) October 1813
Africa
- Jihad of Usman dan Fodio21 February 1804 – 1808
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Eruption of Mount Tambora5–11 April 1815
- British conquest of Java4 August – 18 September 1811
North America
- War of 181218 June 1812 – 17 February 1815
- Founding of Fort RossMarch – 30 August (11 September) 1812
- Year Without a Summer1816
Latin America
- Cry of Dolores16 September 1810
The same period
Sources
- Wikipedia (English): Battle of Leipzig
- Wikipedia (Russian): Битва народов
- Lieven D. Russia Against Napoleon. — London: Allen Lane, 2009.
- Wikidata: Q151005