Date |
Arthur
Wellesley  |
Napoleon
Bonaparte  |
| 1769 |
Born 1st
May, Dublin |
Born 15th
August, Corsica |
| 1778 |
- |
Enters military school
at Brienne, France |
| 1781 |
Enters Eton |
- |
| 1785/6 |
Attends school of
Equitation, France |
Graduates and takes a
commission in the artillery as a Lieutenant. |
| 1787 |
Ensign in 73rd
Highland Regt.then Lieutenant in the 76th Regt. |
- |
| 1791 |
Captain in the 58th
Foot |
Returns to Corsica and
is involved in local political upheaval |
| 1792 |
Courts Kitty Pakenham |
Made captain of
artillery and lieutenant-colonel of volunteers |
| 1793 |
Major in 33rd
Foot Lieutenant-colonel |
Napoleon's success at
the siege of Toulon |
| 1794 |
Commands a brigade in
Flanders |
Given rank of brigadier
general |
| 1796 |
Colonel of the 33rd
- sails to India |
Marries Josephine;
commands Army of Italy; defeats Austrians at Arcola |
| 1799 |
Invasion of Mysore.
Seringapatam falls to the British. |
As commander of the
Army of the Orient Napoleon takes Jaffa and defeats Turks at Aboukir. Returns to France |
| 1800 |
Wellesley leads a
cavalry charge charge to defeat Dhoondiah Waugh |
Made First Consul.
Leads an army across the Alps. Defeats Austrians at the Battle of Marengo. |
| 1802 |
Made major-general |
Treaty of Amiens |
| 1803 |
Capture of Ahmednuggur;
Battles of Assaye and Argaum; fall of Gawilghur |
- |
| 1804 |
Order of the Bath |
Crowned Emperor |
| 1805 |
Returns to England.
Takes a brigade to the Elbe |
Defeats Austrians at
Ulm; Defeats Austrians and Russians at Austerlitz |
| 1806 |
Returns to England; MP
for Rye; marries Kitty Pakenham |
Defeats Prussians at
the battle of Jena |
| 1807 |
Joins Govt. as
Secretary for Ireland; Copenhagen expedition |
Defeats Russians at the
battles of Eylau and Friedland |
| 1808 |
Lieutenant-General;
commands expedition to Portugal; defeats French at the battles of Roliça and Vimeiro;
recalled to England |
Invades Spain; defeats
Spanish at the battle of Somosierra |
| 1809 |
Returns to Portugal as
C-in-C; captures Oporto; defeats Victor at Talavera; given peerage title of Viscount
Wellington of Talavera; retreats from Spain; sets up the Torres Vedras defenses |
Defeats Austrians in
battles of Abensberg, Landeshut and Ratisbon; defeated by the Austrians at the battle of
Aspern-Essling but is then victorious over them at Wagram |
| 1810 |
Defeats Massena at the
battle of Bussaco |
Marries Marie Louise of
Austria |
| 1811 |
Defeats Massena at
Fuentes de Oñoro; captures Almeida |
- |
| 1812 |
Captures Ciudad Rodrigo
and Badajoz; made Earl of Wellington; Defeats Marmont at the battle of Salamanca; enters
Madrid |
Invades Russia;
victorious at Vitebsk, Smolensk, Valutino, Borodino, Krasnyi and Berezina; enters Moscow
and then retreats |
| 1813 |
Knight of the Garter;
Defeats Joseph at the battle of Vittoria; made Field Marshal; defeats Soult at
Roncesvalles, Maya and Sorauren; captures San Sebastian and San Marcial; defeats Soult at
Nivelle and Nive |
Coalition of allies
against France (mainly Prussians Austrians and Russians); Napoleon defeats Allies under
Wittgenstein at Lützen and Bautzen, defeats allies under Schwarzenberg at Dresden;
Suffers a defeat by the allies at the battle of Leipzig |
| 1814 |
Defeats Soult at Orthez
and Toulouse; created Duke |
Abdicates and is exiled
to Elba |
| 1815 |
Defends Quatre Bras
against Ney; defeats Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo with aid from the Prussians |
Escapes from Elba;
defeats Prussians at Ligny; defeated at Waterloo; abdicates and is exiled to St Helena |
| 1821 |
- |
Dies 5th May
at Longwood, St. Helena |
| 1852 |
Dies 14th
September at Walmer Castle, England |
- |
