![]() Hoping to isolate and weaken Britain economically through his Continental System, Napoleon launched an invasion of Portugal, the only remaining British ally in continental Europe. At first, the Austrians won a significant victory at Aspern-Essling, but were quickly defeated at Wagram. ![]() The treaty failed to end the tension, and war broke out again in 1809, with the Austrian-led Fifth Coalition. Napoleon soon defeated the Prussians at Jena-Auerstedt and the Russians at Friedland, bringing an uneasy peace to the continent. Concerned about increasing French power, Prussia led the creation of the Fourth Coalition, which resumed war in October 1806. In December 1805, Napoleon defeated the allied Russo-Austrian army at Austerlitz, thus forcing Austria to make peace. The first stage of the war broke out with Britain declaring war on France on, alongside the Third Coalition. The wars originated in political forces arising from the French Revolution (1789–1799) and from the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802), and produced a period of French domination over Continental Europe. ![]() The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions. ![]()
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