Battle of Paris, 1814

Battle of Paris

The Allied armies stormed the approaches to Paris, after which the city capitulated; at noon on 31 March 1814 the coalition troops, led by Alexander I, made a ceremonial entry into the French capital.

Date

18 (30) March 1814 – 19 (31) March 1814exact date · duration: one dayJulian calendar (Old Style); the Gregorian date (New Style) is in brackets

Place

Paristoday: Paris, France · Western and Central Europe

Participants

Russian Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, Austrian Empire, First French Empire, Alexander I, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Threads

Russia at the turn of the 19th century, French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars

Also known as

Битва за Париж; Вступление союзников в Париж

The battle, in which about 63,000 of the roughly 100,000 Allied soldiers were Russians, was fought on 30 March at Pantin, Romainville, Belleville and Montmartre. To spare the city a bombardment, Marshal Marmont opened negotiations, and the capitulation was signed at 2 a.m.

Barclay de Tolly, who commanded the Russian troops, was promoted to field marshal. A few days later the French Senate declared Napoleon deposed.

Connections

Causes and preconditions

Battle of Leipzig4 (16) October 1813 – 7 (19) October 1813 · Western and Central Europe

Consequences

Napoleon’s abdication and exile to Elba6 April – between 3 May and 4 May 1814 · Western and Central Europe

Same participants

Same place

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Other regions, within 5 years of this event

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Balkans and Anatolia

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Middle East and Egypt

Treaty of Gulistan12 (24) October 1813

Southeast Asia and Oceania

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British conquest of Java4 August – 18 September 1811

North America

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Latin America

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