Polity · 1805 CE – 1847 CE
First French Empire
Empire français · Premier Empire français
- Peak recorded area
- 1,237,250 km²
- 1811 CE
- Rulers on record
- 1
- from 1804 CE
- Data series
- 6
- 1805 CE–1847 CE
Overview
The French Empire, known retroactively as the First French Empire, and colloquially as Napoleonic France, was the empire ruled by Napoleon Bonaparte, who established French hegemony over much of continental Europe at the beginning of the 19th century. It lasted from 18 May 1804 to 6 April 1814 and again briefly from 20 March 1815 to 7 July 1815, when Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena.
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Territory
11 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before 1847 CE, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Social Conflict Events45 obs · 1799 CE–1847 CE | 49events1847 CE · HiSCoD (Historical Social Conflict Database) |
| Conflict Participants44 obs · 1804 CE–1847 CE | 8,703persons1847 CE · HiSCoD (Historical Social Conflict Database) |
Military
| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Battle Count7 obs · 1799 CE–1847 CE | 1battles1847 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
| Battle Scale Avg5 obs · 1799 CE–1812 CE | 3Lehmann-Zhukov 1-51812 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
| Battle Losses2 obs · 1799 CE–1801 CE | 1battles lost1801 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
| Battle Wins2 obs · 1799 CE–1809 CE | 1battles won1809 CE · Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3) |
Rulers
1 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- NapoleonHead of State1804 CE – 1814 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- French
- Currency
- French franc (FRF)
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
HiSCoD (Historical Social Conflict Database)2021
Chevalier, J. et al. HiSCoD: Historical Social Conflict Database. Université de Rennes.
Academic use, attribution
Historical Conflict Events Dataset (HCED v3)v3
Brecke, P. Conflict Catalog (Historical Conflict Events Dataset), digitized v3.
Academic use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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First French Empire is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.