Battle of Austerlitz
Overview
Napoleon I of France
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
greatest victories, where the French Empire
First French Empire
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effectively crushed the Third Coalition
Third Coalition
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. On 2 December 1805 (20 November Old Style
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, 11 Frimaire An XIV, in the French Republican Calendar
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), a French
French people
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army, commanded by Emperor Napoleon I
Napoleon I of France
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
, decisively defeated a Russo
Russian Empire
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-Austrian
Austrian Empire
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army, commanded by Tsar Alexander I
Alexander I of Russia
Alexander I of Russia , served as Emperor of Russia from 23 March 1801 to 1 December 1825 and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania....
and Francis II of Holy Roman Empire
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor
Francis II was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Empire after the disastrous defeat of the Third Coalition by Napoleon at the Battle of Austerlitz...
, after nearly nine hours of difficult fighting. The battle
Battle
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took place near Austerlitz (Slavkov u Brna)
Slavkov u Brna
Slavkov u Brna is a country town east of Brno in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Population: 5,900. The town is widely known for giving its name to the Battle of Austerlitz which actually took place several kilometres to the west of the town....
about 10 km (6.2 mi) south-east of Brno
Brno
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in Moravia
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, at that time in the Austrian Empire
Austrian Empire
The Austrian Empire was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today's Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire...
(present day Czech Republic
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).
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