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...he fourth sea war with the English (1780-1784) and the British blockade of Napoleon's Europe gave the final blows to the city as one of Europe's most important

...e Plato scale lies in the Balling Scale developed in 1835 by [[Carl Joseph Napoleon Balling]] which was recalibrated by Brix in 1854 and renamed the Brix scale

...Jackson, some worried that Jackson could become a 'man on horseback', a [[Napoleon I of France|Napolean]]. When Congress reconvened in December 1818 resolutio

...won the restoration to the Pope of most of the territories in Italy which Napoleon had seized. He reinvigorated numerous monastic orders and helped create new

...ry'' 1988 78(1): 38-53. ISSN: 0164-0178; quote from H. Paul Jeffers, ''The Napoleon of New York'' (2002) p. 233. </ref> ...yor%20Fiorello%20La%20Guardia online edition]; also [http://www.amazon.com/Napoleon-New-York-Fiorello-LaGuardia/dp/0471024651/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&q

...equently, the British Orders in Council of Jan. 7 and Nov. 11, 1807, and [[Napoleon]]'s Berlin and Milan decrees of Nov. 21, 1806, and Dec. 17, 1807, threatene

[[Ludwig Wucherer]] (1790 &ndash; 1861), who fought Napoleon as a member of “Lützower Freikorps”, was later elected Councillor. He

...st [[Antoine-Henri Jomini]] (1779-1869) was born in Switzerland, served in Napoleon's army from 1804 to 1813, and then joined the army of Tsar Alexander I. He ...y, which was often in an intelligence fog due to the superior abilities of Napoleon's system.

...d that the United States would remain neutral toward France in the wars of Napoleon.

...uis XIV to Napoleon, 1715-99'' (2002). [http://www.amazon.com/Great-Nation-Napoleon-Penguin-History/dp/0140130934/ref=pd_bbs_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203113549&s

...(r. 1830-48) and the supposedly Liberal and revolutionary turned Emperor [[Napoleon III]] (r. 1848-70) The result was a series of alternative conservative and

...''Amerique Latine''' was coined by French emperor [[Napoleon III of France|Napoleon III]], who cited ''Amerique Latine'' and ''[[Indochina|Indochine]]'' as goa ...[[Spanish Criollo peoples|Creole]]s (''criollos''). [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]]'s invasion of Spain in 1808 marked the turning point, compelling Creole e

...ngdon Cheves. They disregarded European complexities in the wars between [[Napoleon]] and Britain, and brushed aside the vehement objections of New Englanders, ...ohn Randolph]] and [[Daniel Webster]] and other opponents of the war. Once Napoleon had been sent off to exile in Elba, the two nations had no further cause to

...nt with his creditors. The same year saw the publication of his ''Life of Napoleon Buonaparte'' in nine volumes, which sold as well as his novels. In 1830 he

...er the Great]], for example, plays the same role in Classical culture as [[Napoleon]] in Western culture; [[Pythagoras]] resembles [[Martin Luther]]; [[Aristot

...on Leonardovich), had entered Russia as a member of [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]]'s army in 1812, settled in Vilnius upon their defeat, and married a local

...nemy would ruin the nation. Jefferson's foreign policy was not exactly pro-Napoleon, but it applied pressure on Britain to stop impressment of American sailors ...em was built around foreign policy issues that vanished with the defeat of Napoleon and the compromise settlement of the [[War of 1812]]. Furthermore, the fear

...uals who viewed the cultural debris of the [[French Revolution]] and the [[Napoleon|Napoleonic]] Empire, and the complacency of the restored monarchy with a mi

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...Hunt. He relied on three types of guns: most useful were his 146 12 pound "Napoleon" smooth-bores, of 4.62 inch [[caliber]] They could fire two rounds a minut ...r run through the blockade costing $3 a pound, shortages were the norm. (A Napoleon needed 2 1/2 pounds of powder per round.) Furthermore, Confederate fuzes we