Political Leaders of the Enlightenment
The atlas holds 19 people and 491 moments here, from 1685 to 1815.
Moments
- 1809 Wounded at Eckmühl Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1809 Suffers reversal at Aspern-Essling Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1809 Departure for the Continent Lord Byron
- 1809 Wins at Wagram Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1810 Marries Marie Louise at the Louvre Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1810 Arrives on diplomatic mission at Portsmouth Simón Bolívar
- 1810 Meets Wellesley at Apsley House Simón Bolívar
- 1811 Childhood at Knob Creek Farm Abraham Lincoln
- 1811 Studies in Madrid Victor Hugo
- 1812 Meets Beethoven in Teplice Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1812 Meets Beethoven in Vienna Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1812 Luddite speech in the House of Lords Lord Byron
- 1812 Catholic-emancipation speech Lord Byron
- 1812 Crosses the Neman into Russia Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1812 Captures Smolensk Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1812 Commands at Borodino Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1812 Enters Moscow Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1812 Inspects the sulfur springs at Berka Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1812 Crosses the Berezina Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1813 Reaches the Lützen battlefield Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1813 Excursion to Zinnwald and Altenberg Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1813 Wins at Dresden Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1813 Birth at Le Roncole Giuseppe Verdi
- 1813 Defeated at Leipzig Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1814 Returns to Heidelberg and views the Boisserée collection Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1814 Attacks at Champaubert Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1814 Reaches Sézanne before Six Days' Campaign Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1814 Abdicates at Fontainebleau Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1814 Disembarks as sovereign of Elba Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1814 Flight from Washington after Bladensburg James Madison
- 1814 Refuge at Brookeville James Madison
- 1814 Return to burned Washington James Madison
- 1815 Second autumn visit to Heidelberg Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- 1815 Marriage at Seaham Hall Lord Byron
- 1815 Reaches Grenoble Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1815 Re-enters Paris Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1815 Returns to France at Golfe-Juan Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1815 Birth at Schönhausen Otto von Bismarck
- 1815 Commands at Waterloo Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1815 Retires to Malmaison Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1815 Surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon Napoleon Bonaparte