During the Napoleonic wars the Kingdom of the Netherlands adopted the French code civil in 1809, however the Dutch colonies in the Cape of Good Hope and Sri Lanka, at the time called Ceylon, were seized by the British to prevent them being used as bases by the French Navy.

During the Napoleonic Wars, Russia — supported by Great Britain in the Dardanelles Operation — blockaded the straits in 1807.

During the Napoleonic Wars, dragoons generally assumed a cavalry role, though remaining a lighter class of mounted troops than the armored cuirassiers.

During the Napoleonic Wars, Freikorps were formed for the purpose of shaking off French rule in Germany.

During the Napoleonic Wars the regiment saw action in the Peninsular War.

During the Napoleonic Wars ( 1800 – 1815 ), Malta's economy prospered and became the focal point of a major trading system.

During the Napoleonic wars, the " Isle de France " had become a base from which French corsairs organised successful raids on British commercial ships.

During the Napoleonic Wars ( 1802 – 1814 ), Parma was part of the Taro Département.

During the Napoleonic Wars the British army created several experimental units known as " Rifles ", armed with the Baker rifle.

During the Napoleonic Wars, fearing that French control of the Netherlands might deliver Sri Lanka to the French, Great Britain occupied the coastal areas of the island ( which they called Ceylon ) with little difficulty in 1796.

During the Napoleonic Wars, sugar beet production increased in continental Europe because of the difficulty of importing sugar at times in which shipping was subject to blockade.

During the Napoleonic Wars, British crews saluted officers by touching a clenched fist to the brow as though grasping a hat-brim between fingers and thumb.

During the early 19th century, competition in Europe produced multiple wars, most notably the Napoleonic Wars.

During the Napoleonic Wars, Breslau was occupied by an army of the Confederation of the Rhine.

During this time, the military conquests of France had resulted in the spread of liberalism throughout much of the continent, resulting in many states adopting the Napoleonic code.

During the Napoleonic Wars the French emperor made it a base of operations, winning there the famous Battle of Dresden on 27 August 1813.

During the Napoleonic wars, Berchtesgaden changed hands a few times, such as in 1805 under the Treaty of Pressburg, when the area was ceded to Austria.

During the Napoleonic Wars, a British military expedition landed in the Cape Colony and defeated the defending Dutch forces at the Battle of Blaauwberg ( 1806 ).

During the wake of the Napoleonic period, nationalism, a relatively new movement, became increasingly significant.

* U. S. Centennial of Flight Commission: " Military Use of Balloons During the Napoleonic Era ".

During the Napoleonic Wars, from 1803 until 1805 a British fleet led by Admiral Horatio Nelson blockaded Toulon.

During the Napoleonic Campaign in Egypt which extended into Syria and Palestine in 1799, a local official from Jenin wrote a poem enumerating and calling upon local Arab leaders to resist Bonaparte, without mentioning the Sultan or the need to protect the Ottoman empire.

During this time the Napoleonic Wars began to affect Americans, as Britain began to impress American sailors into their Navy.

During the age of the French Revolution or Napoleonic Empire, the French established a typographic unit of 0. 4 mm, but except for the government's print shops, this did not catch on.

During the First and Second World Wars, Inchcolm was occupied by the army as part of the defences of the Firth of Forth.

During the first and second World Wars, several battleships and aircraft carriers were built with a " clipper bow " for improved hydrodynamic efficiency.

During the Civil Wars that led to the Principate, Octavian ( later Augustus ) acquired the personal gladiator troop of his erstwhile opponent, Mark Antony.

During the Greco-Persian Wars ( 499 – 448 BC ), alliances between groups of cities ( whose composition varied over time ) fought against the Persians.

During the course of these " Bishops ' Wars " Charles tried to raise an army of Irish Catholics, but was forced to back down after a storm of protest in Scotland and England.

During the Middle Ages, Muslims were in conflict with Zoroastrians during the Islamic conquest of Persia ; Christians were in conflict with Muslims during the Byzantine-Arab Wars, Crusades, Reconquista and Ottoman wars in Europe ; Christians were in conflict with Muslims during the Crusades, Reconquista and Inquisition ; Shamans were in conflict with Buddhists, Taoists, Muslims and Christians during the Mongol invasions ; and Muslims were in conflict with Hindus and Sikhs during Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent.

During the Wars of the Roses two battles were fought in and around St Albans.

During the Yugoslav Wars, nearly every single nation that had ties with Serbia, had broken off diplomacy for the wars in Yugoslavia, and the rule of Slobodan Milošević.

During this period between the two World Wars France and Germany worked to help develop the country in both the technical and educational spheres.

During the 1990s, Charles Taylor's presidency and the First and Second Liberian Civil Wars underscored Liberian relations with the Western world, the People's Republic of China, and its neighboring countries in Western Africa.

During the nineteenth century, American militia saw action in the various Indian Wars and the War of 1812, the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War.

During the Wars of Castro, Taddeo was also appointed Commander of the Papal Army.

During the " War of the Holy League " and the " Italian Wars ", alliances and participants changed dramatically.

During the Punic Wars between Rome and the great Mediterranean empire of Carthage, Rome's stature increased further as it became the capital of an overseas empire for the first time.

During the First ( 1994 – 1996 ) and Second Chechen Wars ( 1999 – 2009 ), Chechen rebels used RPGs to attack Russian tanks from basements and high rooftops.

During the Yugoslav Wars ( 1991-1995 ), RPGs were used by all sides with great effect.

During Justinian I's reign, the city's population reached about 500, 000 people.

During the reign of Nero he became superintendent of the city's water supply, but died not long afterwards, in 59 AD, having eaten himself to death, according to Hieronymus in the Chronicon of Eusebius.

During the political opening after the military regime, the people elected the city's first woman mayor, Maria Luíza Fontenele, and had the first city hall commanded by a left-wing party.

During these first few years Hellas was one of three or four area teams playing mainly at a municipal level while fighting against city rivals Bentegodi to become the city's premier football outfit.

During the Hashemite period, it was used to print the city's official gazette, al-Qibla.

During Childeric's siege and blockade of Paris in 464, the nun Geneviève ( later canonised as the city's Patron Saint ) pleaded with the Frankish King for the welfare of prisoners of war and met with a favourable response.

During the early 20th century, the Lithuanian-speaking population of Vilnius constituted only a small minority, with Polish, Yiddish, and Belarusian speakers comprising the majority of the city's population.

During the Second World War, Mobile's shipbuilding industry expanded and the city's population surged.

During the second half of the 19th century, due to its new status, the city's population increased dramatically, and a new period of urban development began.

During the Ottoman period, the city's Muslim and Jewish population grew.

During the capture of Elbing by the Soviet Red Army in 1945 during World War II and the subsequent expulsion of the city's German populace, the library was destroyed.

During World War II, the island was bombed by the German airforce, resulting in the destruction of most of the city's buildings, including its market ( αγορά ) and Hotel Bella Venezia.

During the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the city's priory, nunnery and three friaries were closed.

During the 1970s Crete became a major tourist destination for Greek and international tourists, something that gave a significant boost to the city's economy and affected the everyday life and the overall culture of the locals.

During the city's boom, this small area was home to the headquarters of more than 100 national corporations.

During the city's history several floods have occurred, the last one being in the late 1970s.

During dry weather, sewage flows safely through the city's sewers to the Greater Peoria Sanitation District wastewater treatment plant.

During a trip to Venice in 1880, Whistler created a series of etchings and pastels that not only reinvigorated his finances, but also re-energized the way in which artists and photographers interpreted the city — focusing on the back alleys, side canals, entrance ways, and architectural patterns — and capturing the city's unique atmospherics.

During the 19th century, the city's boundaries were significantly extended towards the west and south.

During the second sacking, the city's cathedral was burned.

During this ceremony the citizens of Alcalá can be heard singing the city's song, entitled " Alcalá de Henares.

During the 1960s, Northwestern University changed the city's shoreline by adding a 74-acre ( 300, 000 m² ) lakefill.

During the 1900s ( decade ) the city's 38 % growth in population was attributed largely to the interurban.

During nearby Savannah's not-infrequent yellow fever epidemics, the island was host to Savannahians fleeing the miasma of the city's fevers.