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At the close of the Napoleonic Wars, most of France's colonies were restored to it by Britain, notably Guadeloupe and Martinique in the West Indies, French Guiana on the coast of South America, various trading posts in Senegal, the Île Bourbon ( Réunion ) in the Indian Ocean, and France's tiny Indian possessions ; though Britain finally annexed Saint Lucia, Tobago, the Seychelles, and the Isle de France ( now Mauritius ).
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At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, in 1815, Geneva was admitted to the Swiss Confederation.
At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the Electorate was enlarged to become the capital of the Kingdom of Hanover.
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At times during the Napoleonic Wars, the islands were occupied by the British ; first from March 1801 to March 27, 1802, and then again from December 1807 to November 20, 1815, when they were returned to Denmark.
At the beginning of the 19th century, Palma became the refuge of many who had exiled themselves from the Napoleonic occupation of Catalonia and Valencia ; during this period freedom flourished, until the absolutist restoration.
At the end of 19th century Napoleonic troops were going to cut down the whole Herrenhäuser Allee, but baker and grain dealer Johann Gerhard Helmcke ( 1780 − 1844 ) saved the alley by paying 3, 000 Taler.
At the time of Napoleonic Wars, Rügen was held held by the French from 1807-1813.
At the same time, Forester wrote the body of the works carefully to avoid entanglements with real world history, so Hornblower is always off on another mission when a great naval victory occurs during the Napoleonic Wars.
At the end of the Napoleonic wars, Kalmyk cavalry units in Russian service entered Paris.
At Lyon, on 13 March 1815, Napoleon issued an edict dissolving the existing chambers and ordering the convocation of a national mass meeting, or Champ de Mai, for the purpose of modifying the constitution of the Napoleonic empire.
At the height of the Napoleonic Wars, the tunnels housed more than 2, 000 men and to date are the only underground barracks ever built in Britain.
At the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the tunnels were partly converted and used by the Coast Blockade Service to combat smuggling.
At the same time, the major European powers were still involved in the Napoleonic Wars which did not fully end until 1815.
At the time of the Napoleonic Wars the King's German Legion was based here.
At the top is missing the emblem of the family that was destroyed by French troops during the Napoleonic occupation
At the age of 22 ( 1808 ) he entered the Napoleonic Wars participating in the campaigns of 1808, 1809, and 1810.
At the outbreak of hostilities, Sweden had held a neutral stance in international relations for more than a century, since the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815.
( At the Napoleonic times, Andéol had already been brought in back ...)
At the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 the villages fell to the Kingdom of Prussia.
At the outbreak of the War of 1812 the American navy was not fully prepared to deal with Britain's large and formidable navy with its hundreds of ships and seasoned commanders and crews, many of whom were already experienced and battle hardened from the Napoleonic wars with France.
At least two subsequent ships of the Royal Navy bore the same name, a ship of the line during the Napoleonic Wars and a modern nuclear submarine.
At the time of the Napoleonic Wars there were still three Irish infantry regiments in the Spanish army: Irlanda ( raised 1698 ); Hibernia ( 1709 ); and Ultonia ( 1709 ).
At the time, Vietnam was under no threat of colonisation, since most of Europe was engaged in the Napoleonic Wars.
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