Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Napoleon III

Battles of Napoleon III

President of the Second French Republic, Emperor of the Second French Empire and last monarch of France (1808–1873)

Napoleon III is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1859 and 1870: 4 battles across 3 present-day countries, most in Italy (2), Germany (1), France (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 802 km apart end to end, 267 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Second Italian War of Independence (2), Franco-Prussian War (2).

Battle of MagentaBattle of SolferinoBattle of SaarbrückenBattle of SedanBattle of MagentaBattle of SolferinoBattle of SaarbrückenBattle of SedanGenevaMilanFrankfurtMunichZürichLyonBernStuttgartTurinNürnberg200 km47.533N, 7.756E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1859: 2 engagements2 in 18591870: 2 engagements2 in 187018591870
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Magenta, 1859Battle of Solferino, 1859Battle of Saarbrücken, 1870Battle of Sedan, 187018591870
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
4 June 1859Battle of MagentaMagenta, ItalyFranco-Italian victory
24 June 1859Battle of SolferinoItaly138 km EFranco-Sardinian victory; End of the Italian War of...
2 August 1870Battle of SaarbrückenSaarbrücken, Germany507 km NWFrench victory
1 September 1870Battle of Sedanarrondissement of Sedan, France157 km WGerman victory; Capture of Napoleon III; Fall of the Second...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Mayer & Peirson, France, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.