Definition of Napoleonic Wars

1. Noun. A series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Napoleonic Wars

Napier's bones
Napier's rods
Napierian
Napierian logarithm
Napierite
Napierites
Naples
Naples biscuit
Naples garlic
Naples yellow
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon I
Napoleon III
Napoleonic
Napoleonic Wars (current term)
Napoleonist
Napoleonists
Napoleons
Napoli
Naprosyn
Napster
Naqua
Nar Phu
Nara
Nara period
Narail District
Naraka
Narayan
Narayana

Literary usage of Napoleonic Wars

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens (1920)
"CHAPTER XII THE Napoleonic Wars [Continued] RISE OF NELSON THE IN the Mediterranean, where the protection of commerce, the fate of Italy and all southern ..."

2. International Finance and Its Reorganization by Elisha Michael Friedman (1922)
"In the Napoleonic wars the main quarrel was between Great Britain and France ... In the Napoleonic wars Great Britain by subsidies induced her "Levi, Leone, ..."

3. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"The tremendous waste of strength in the Napoleonic wars reduced the world position of the ... While all the Continent was paralyzed by the Napoleonic wars, ..."

4. Terre Napoléon: A History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia by Ernest Scott (1910)
"... peace—Causes of this variation from the usual course of history—English and French colonisation during the Napoleonic wars—The height of the Napoleonic ..."

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