Modern era · 1805 – 1806

War of the Third Coalition

The War of the Third Coalition (French: Guerre de la Troisième Coalition) was a European conflict lasting from 1805 to 1806 and was the first conflict of the Napoleonic Wars. During the war, France and its client states under Napoleon I and its ally Spain opposed an alliance, the Third Coalition, which was made up of the United Kingdom, the Austrian Empire, the Russian Empire, Naples, Sicily, and Sweden.

War of the Third Coalition
War of the Third Coalition · François Gérard, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1805 – 1806
Where
Central Europe
Era
Modern

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