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| 1814 | Succession |  |
| Named the successor to Emperor Napoleon but the Allies refuse to accept him |
| 1818 | Peerage | |
| Paris Created Duc de Reichstadt by Metternich |
| 1832 | Exile of Napoleon III | |
| Exiled following the death of Napoleon II |
| 1836 | Coup d'Etat | |
| Strasbourg Stages a failed coup d'etat at Strasbourg |
| 1840 | Arrest | |
| Arrested & condemned to imprisonment at the fortress of Ham |
| Ham Imprisoned in Ham |
| 1840 | Coup d'Etat | |
| Failed military coup in Boulogne |
| Stages a failed coup d'etat at Boulogne |
| 1846 | Exile of Napoleon III | |
| 25th May Ham Escapes from Ham to London |
| 1848 | Election | |
| Elected to the National Assembly |
| 1848 | President | |
| 10th Dec Appointed President of France, appealing to the nostalgia of the "Napoleonic legend" |
| 1851 | Arrest | |
| 2nd Dec Dissolves the National Assembly & arrests Thiers , Cavaignac & Republican leaders |
| 2nd Dec Dissolves the National Assembly & arrests Thiers , Cavaignac & the Republican leaders |
| 1851 | Constitution | |
| 2nd Dec The 3rd Republic ends after 3 yrs when President Louis Napoleon makes himself dictator |
| 1851 | Coup d'Etat | |
| 2nd Dec Dissolves the National Assembly & arrests Thiers , Cavaignac & other republican leaders |
| 2nd Dec The 3rd Republic ends after 3 yrs when President Louis Napoleon makes himself dictator |
| 1851 | Dissolution Nat Assembly | |
| 2nd Dec Dissolves the National Assembly & arrests Thiers , Cavaignac & the Republican leaders |
| 1851 | Election | |
| 21st Dec Elected President of France for 10 years |
| 1851 | Siege of Paris | |
| 2nd Dec Paris Leads an Army, arrests Deputies & the Minister of War & attacks the barracades |
| 1852 | Succession | |
| Paris Restores the Empire, assumes the title of Emperor Napoleon III |
| Paris Succeeds as Emperor of France |
| 2nd Dec Paris Succeeds as Emperor of France, proclaims himself Emperor |
| 1853 | Marriage | |
| 29th Jan Paris Marries Eugenie de Montijo, a Spanish Countess |
| 1855 | Congress of Paris | |
| Paris Persuades the Allies to hold the Peace Congress in Paris rather than Vienna |
| 1855 | Diplomacy | |
| 16th April Dover Arrives in Dover to begin a state visit of Britain |
| 1856 | Congress of Paris | |
| Paris A commission is established to define the rights of neutrals in war on the Danube |
| Paris A commission is established to regulate traffic on the Danube |
| Paris Russia gives up the mouth of the Danube & Bessarabia to Romania & Kars to Turkey |
| Paris Russia renounces claims to protect Turkish Chris tians |
| Paris The Black Sea is neutralised |
| Paris The Congress of Paris ends the Crimean war |
| Paris The Danubian provinces are placed under the control of the Great Powers |
| 25th Feb Paris The opening day of the Congress of Paris , an armistice is signed the following day |
| 1856 | Treaty of Paris | |
| 30th Mar Paris Treaty settlement of the Congress of Paris |
| 1859 | Alliance | |
| Allies with Sardinia against Austria |
| 1859 | Battle of Magenta | |
| 4th June Magenta Napoleon III's army crossed the Ticino River and outflanked the Austrian right forcing the Austrian army under General Gyulai to retreat |
| 1859 | Declaration of War | |
| 3rd May France declares war Austria |
| 1859 | Diplomacy | |
| Allies with Italian States in gaining unity |
| 1859 | Peace | |
| 8th Nov Villafranca Under the peace of Villafranca Parma & Lombardy are ceded to France |
| 10th Nov Villafranca The treaty of Zurich confirms the peace of Villafranca |
| 1859 | Rule of Lombardy | |
| 8th Nov Lombardy Under the peace of Villafranca Parma & Lombardy are ceded to France |
| 1859 | Rule of Parma | |
| 8th Nov Parma Under the peace of Villafranca Parma & Lombardy are ceded to France |
| 1859 | Treaty of Zurich | |
| 10th Nov Zurich The treaty of Zurich confirms the peace of Villafranca |
| 1860 | Capture of Nice | |
| Nice Captures Nice |
| 1860 | Capture of Savoy | |
| Savoy Captures Savoy |
| 1860 | Diplomacy | |
| Piedmont annexes central Italy, France gains Savoy & Nice |
| 1860 | Rule of Nice | |
| Nice Piedmont annexes central Italy, France gains Savoy & Nice |
| 1860 | Rule of Piedmont | |
| Piedmont Piedmont annexes central Italy, France gains Savoy & Nice |
| 1860 | Rule of Savoy | |
| Savoy Piedmont annexes central Italy, France gains Savoy & Nice |
| 1860 | Treaty of Cobden | |
| Jan Paris Agreed by Napoleon & ratified by the British House of Commons |
| Jan Paris Creates free trade between Europe's 2 largest traders |
| 1860 | Unification | |
| Piedmont annexes central Italy, France gains Savoy & Nice |
| 1864 | Invasion of Mexico | |
| Installs Archduke Maximilian of Austria as Emperor of Mexico |
| 1870 | Battle of Saarbrucken | |
| 2nd Aug Saarbrucken A skirmish between 1st German army & French II corps |
| 2nd Aug Saarbrucken Napoleon divides his armies between MacMahon & Bazaine |
| 1870 | Battle of Sedan | |
| 1st Sep Sedan Defeated by the Germans |
| 2nd Sep Sedan Joins the Army but is capture in battle & held as a prisoner near Kassel in Germany |
| 2nd Sep Donchery Surrenders to Bismarck at Donchery, later held at Wihelmshohe near Cassel |
| 1870 | Constitution | |
| Wins a plebiscite approving Constitutional Monarchy |
| 1870 | Declaration of War | |
| 19th July Paris Declares war on Germany |
| 19th July Paris Expects a decisive victory "we shall come across the glorious tracks of our fathers" |
| 1870 | Dismissal | |
| 12th Aug Paris Forced to relinquish command |
| 1870 | Mobilization | |
| 28th July France mobilizes its forces but the frontier fortresses are not ready for a siege |
| 1870 | Referendum | |
| Paris A plebiscite approves a constitutional monarchy |
| Paris Wins a plebiscite approving Constitutional Monarchy |
| 1870 | Siege of Metz | |
| 28th July Metz France mobilizes its forces but the frontier fortresses are not ready for a siege |
| 1871 | Abdication | |
| 1st Mar Bordeaux Deposed by the National Assembly at Bordeaux |
| 1st Mar Chiselhurst Deposed by the National Assembly & retires to Chiselhurst in Kent |
| 1871 | Exile of Napoleon III | |
| Kent Joins Eugenie at Chiselhurst in Kent |
| 1873 | Burial | |
| Farnborough Buried at Farnborough |
| 1873 | Death | |
| Death of Napoleon III |
