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Fouquier-Tinville, Antoine-Quentin
41
,
42
,
54

Foure, Pauline
310

Fourier, Jean-Baptiste
251

Fox, Charles James
93
,
94
,
107
,
112
,
116
,
118
,
358–9
,
381
,
429
,
468
,
493
,
502
,
575

view of Napoleon
382–3
,
397
,
502

Foy, General
739

France

advantages of war and expansionism
54–5
,
118
,
128
,
146
,
160
,
294
,
403

and conquest of Italy
73
,
121
,
161–74
,
175–9

constitution of 1799
343–4

constitution of 1814
863

constitution of 1815
871–2

coup d’etat (1797)
191

coup d’état (1799)
336–7
,
339–43

coup d’etat (attempted) (1795)
153–5

decadence of post-Robespierre
152

economic and social affairs
11
,
338
,
384–7
,
535–6
,
861–2
,
914–15

education in
13
,
386
,
505

face Third Coalition
430–2
,
434

insurgency in
121–5

invades Holland
117
,
139–40

invades Switzerland
406

invasion of
842–8
,
849–56

allies advance
849–50

allies debate wisdom of
842

Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube
853

Battle of Laon
851–2

Battle of Vauchamps
850

Battles of Mormant, Valjouan and Montreau
850

Napoleon dismisses allied peace proposals
850–1

Wellington enters France
755–6
,
841

Irish expeditions
220–7
,
244

legal system
385
,
386
,
915–16

monarchy
2
,
18
,
24
,
337
,
345
,
858–63
,
866
,
913

Peninsular War huge drain on
758–9

plebicite of 1799
344–5

plebicite of 1815
872

political instability of
915

referendum makes Napoleon Emperor
396

relations with Austria
2
,
31–3
,
109
,
159–60
,
186
,
187
,
294
,
402
,
403
,
441
,
504
,
530
,
622
,
623

Austria declares war on (1809)
657
,
662

Austria declares war on (1813)
831–3

Battles of Marengo and Hohenlinden
348–51

declares war on (1792)
32

renewed offensive in Germany and Italy (1800)
346–51

relations with Britain
2–3
,
10
,
33
,
402

attempts to divert British fleet
424
,
427–8
,
435

Britain declares war on (1803)
409–10

economic war
515–16
,
523–4
,
527
,
532–3
,
535–40

invasion of Ireland
172
,
188
,
427
,
434

over Italy
406

over Malta
375
,
379
,
405
,
408
,
409

Peace of Amiens
375

plans invasion of
413–30
,
434
,
439–40
,
442
,
569

plans to unite fleets against
228
,
235

refuses peace with
146
,
172

trade and colonial rivalry
141–5

war renewed (1803)
380
,
402–10

relations with Portugal
534
,
538
,
583–4

relations with Prussia
140
,
402
,
403
,
502
,
504
,
527
,
528
,
657

at war with (1792)
31–4

Prussia declares war on (1806)
511

relations with Russia
294
,
333
,
402
,
403
,
409
,
503
,
516
,
537–8
,
622–3
,
657

invasion of Russia
763–825

Treaty of Tilsit
526–30

relations with Spain
36
,
46
,
121
,
353
,
430
,
495–7
,
515
,
582

invasion of
582–8
,
613
,
657–8

relations with Turks
300
,
311–16
,
320
,
321
,
326–7
,
328
,
352
,
582

religious suppression in
48
,
49

restoration of monarchy
858–63
,
867

revolution
see
French Revolution

Second Treaty of Paris (1815)
907

taxation in
10–11
,
15
,
384

urban working class
11

Franceschi, General
721

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (Francis I, Emperor of Austria from 1806)
133–4
,
137
,
145
,
346
,
349
,
431
,
481
,
483
,
485
,
492
,
656
,
672
,
675
,
821
,
868
,
871
,
922

abandons Vienna
484

character
3
,
350
,
480
,
657
,
659

death
912

dissolves Holy Roman Empire
492

humiliated at Pressburg
489–90

Napoleon on
680

and Napoleon’s marriage to Marie Louise
687
,
688–90

reaction to French Revolution
31
,
32

Frankfurt
146
,
841

Franklin, Benjamin
9

Fraser, Major-General
532
,
533

Frederick I, Elector of Württemberg
490

Frederick the Great
3
,
31
,
474–5
,
512
,
824
,
919

Frederick, Prince of Denmark
367

Frederick Augustus I, King of Saxony
529

Frederick William III, Kaiser
31
,
129
,
133
,
137
,
485
,
490
,
512
,
514
,
817
,
824
,
871

character
3
,
31
,
403
,
513
,
657
,
658

death of
911

enters Paris
853–4

Napoleon on
923

and regeneration of Prussia
823–4

Fremantle, Captain George
445
,
458

French Revolution
9–82

end of revolutionary process
345
,
375–6

and idea of national expansion
54–5

impact of
4–5

leaders of
16
,
336

malcontents
11–12

outbreak of
18–24

taxation catalyst for
10–11
,
15

turns full circle
401–2
,
860–1
,
913

Friedland, Battle of
524–5
,
767
,
902

Fuentes de Onoro, Battle of
715–17

Fulton, Robert
422–3
,
579

Galicia
587
,
624

Gambier, Admiral Lord
209
,
534
,
612
,
634–9
,
641–2
,
643
,
646–53
,
729

Ganteaume, Admiral
292
,
293
,
428
,
434–5
,
437

Gardanne, General
523

Gardner, Admiral
209
,
237
,
238

Gardner, Lieutenant James
204

Garrau
175

Garrick, David
101

Gaston (royalist leader)
576

Gaza
327

Gemappe
896
,
897

Geneva
348

Genoa
59
,
79
,
80
,
161
,
172
,
186
,
333
,
347
,
856

George III, King
2
,
76
,
94
,
96
,
98
,
100
,
106
,
117
,
125
,
129
,
189
,
197
,
218
,
222
,
265
,
295
,
351
,
375
,
381
,
429
,
458
,
464
,
466
,
502–3
,
614

George IV, King (formerly Prince of Wales and Prince Regent)
265
,
381
,
458
,
460
,
573
,
578
,
860
,
863
,
905
,
908
,
909

George, Marguerite
685

German campaign (1813)

Battle of Dennewitz
837

Battle of Dresden
837

Battle of Katsbach
837

Battle of Leipzig
838–41

German states
33
,
34
,
109
,
121
,
346
,
431
,
441
,
492
,
508–9
,
527
,
656
,
663
,
829
,
838

Gerona
707

Ghent
137

Gibraltar
169
,
228
,
229
,
294
,
426
,
427
,
436
,
446
,
529
,
554
,
555
,
556
,
557
,
558
,
582

Girondins
24
,
25–6
,
27
,
32
,
36
,
39
,
40
,
47
,
124

Gleig, George
593
,
748

Glorious First of June
211–18
,
228
,
234
,
235

Gneisenau, August von
824
,
836
,
849
,
852
,
880
,
882
,
886
,
902
,
911

Godoy, Manuel
3
,
496
,
582–3
,
584
,
585–6
,
656
,
658
,
760

Gohier, Louis
335–6
,
337
,
339
,
340

Goldsmith, Oliver
101

Goodwin, Captain Richard
218

Gordon, Jane, Duchess of
91

Grafton, Duke of
99

Graham, Sir Thomas
703
,
711
,
712
,
750
,
752
,
847

Grand Armée see
armies, French

Grand, Madame
190

Grassini, Giuseppina
864

Grattan, Sir Henry
221
,
724–5

Gravina, Admiral
456
,
484

Greece
653

Grenada
144
,
437

Grenoble
869
,
870

Grenville, George
11
,
90
,
466

Grenville, Lady Mary
860

Grenville, Thomas
138
,
209

Grenville, Lord William
92
,
119
,
172
,
189
,
346
,
407
,
422
,
461
,
464
,
531

character and background
93–4
,
95
,
381
,
501–2

coalition building
120–1
,
125
,
170
,
926

death
911

as foreign secretary
87
,
88
,
108
,
112
,
116
,
132
,
145
,
376
,
570–1
,
925

and Ministry of All Talents
429
,
493
,
499
,
502–3
,
527
,
533
,
574
,
575
,
612
,
859–60

Greville, Charles
860

Greville, Lady Charlotte
878

Grey, Sir Charles
143
,
209
,
493
,
574

Gribeauval, Jean-Baptiste de
181

Grinfield, General
432

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