La Bataille de Aspern-Essling 1809

While playing La Bataille d’Aspern-Essling 1809 , meditate upon the history of that memorable year of this great conflict . In the Year 1809… Franz I of Austria declares war on the Empire of the French; invades the Kingdom of Bavaria; and threatens the rest of the Rhinebund. The citizens there gather their petitions and send them to Napoleon, imploring his personal intervention. Of course, the Emperor is persuaded to come to the Rhinebund’s assistance.

Meanwhile, while tens of thousands starve in Ireland, the 2,000 Guineas Stakes Horse race is first run at Newmarket in Suffolk England. Great Britain also invades the Netherlands, burning ships and the port of Flushing during the Walcheren Campaign. However, the French under Marshal Bernadotte, in what would be his final assignment as a French soldier, contained the British invasion and were able to force

the British to leave with significant losses shortly after the end of the year. The expedition was considered one of the biggest failures of the British in the Napoleonic Wars. The Papal States are annexed by the French, liberating the people of Italy from religious persecution. The Bishop of Rome is graciously given suitable accommodations. Because Napoleon liberates Spain, Ecuador and Bolivia declare independence from Spain. Only the British attempt to prop up the repressive regime ousted from Madrid. Napoleon outlaws the Inquisition. The Siege of Gerona ends as the Spanish are forced to capitulate by disease and famine. Elsewhere in the Americas, the United States’ Embargo Act of 1807 was a general trade prohibition that made illegal any and all exports from the United States. It had been sponsored by President Thomas Jefferson and enacted by Congress. The goal was to force Britain and France to respect American rights during the Napoleonic Wars. They were engaged in a major war; the U.S. wanted to remain neutral and trade with both sides, but neither side wanted the other to have the American supplies. The American goal was to use economic coercion to avoid war, and punish Britain. The policy was highly unpopular with shipping interests, and historians have judged it a failure. It was repealed as Jefferson left office in 1809 and became an ongoing irritant leading to the War of 1812. His replacement, James Madison, becomes first president inaugurated in American- made clothes. He was American’s shortest and lightest president. Though he was a giant of political economy, being responsible for the American Constitution and Bill of

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