Treaties of Tilsit
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The Treaties of Tilsit, also collectively known as the Peace of Tilsit, were two peace treaties signed by French Emperor Napoleon in the town of Tilsit in July 1807 in the aftermath of his victory at
The Meeting of Napoleon I and Tsar Alexander I at Tilsit, by Adolphe Roehn, 1808
A French medallion dating from the post-Tilsit period. It shows the French and Russian emperors embracing each other.
Napoleon, Alexander I of Russia, Queen Louise of Prussia, and Frederick William III in Tilsit
Farewell of Napoleon and Alexander after the Peace of Tilsit by Gioacchino Giuseppe Serangeli
Continental System
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The Continental System or Continental Blockade was a large-scale embargo by French emperor Napoleon I against the British Empire from 21 November 1806 until 11 April 1814, during the Napoleonic Wars.
The fall of Berlin, following which Napoleon introduced the Berlin Decree
Vice-admiral James Saumarez was the commander of the Royal Navy in the Baltic campaign of 1808–1814 that secured British trade to the region