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Battle of Marengo: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date June 14, 1800
Location Alessandria • Italy
Participants Austria • France
Context French Revolutionary wars

Photos

Jacques-Louis David: Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Black-and-white historical map showing the area around Marengo, France, as it appeared during the Napoleonic Wars. The map highlights towns, roads, rivers, and notable locations such as Alessandria, Castel Ceriolo, Marengo, and Cassina Grossa, with the Tanaro River running along the top left. Roads are labeled as Old Road and New Road, and small settlements, farms, and routes to nearby towns are m
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Timeline

Francois Christophe Kellermann (1735–1820), Duc de Valmy
Battle of Valmy
September 20, 1792
Siege of Toulon
Siege of Toulon
August 28, 1793 - December 13, 1793
Engraving of a dramatic naval battle with British and French warships firing on each other, lifeboats crowded with sailors, and turbulent waves under a cloudy sky.
Battle of the First of June
June 1, 1794
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Battle of Fleurus
June 26, 1794
Jacques-Louis David: Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Battle of Marengo
June 14, 1800

Key People

Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Lithograph portrait of Joachim Murat in an elaborate military uniform with epaulettes and medals, facing forward with a neutral expression.
Joachim Murat
king of Naples
Victor Moreau
Victor Moreau
French general
François-Christophe Kellermann, portrait drawing by Jacques-Louis David; in the Musée de Besançon, France
François-Christophe Kellermann, duke de Valmy
French general
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Louis-Charles-Antoine Desaix de Veygoux
French military hero

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