- — Africa:
First Barbary War with the United States
Yusuf Karamanli's tribute demands provoke war with the United States; the US Navy blockades Tripoli until a treaty ends the conflict in 1805.
Era: Ottoman Rule and the Karamanli Dynasty
Sources: First Barbary War · Wikipedia, Karamanli dynasty · Wikipedia
- — Europe:
The Olivenca dispute
Spain occupied Olivenca in 1801 and acquired it by the Treaty of Badajoz; the Congress of Vienna recommended its return to Portugal in 1815, but the sovereignty remains contested.
Era: Republic, Dictatorship, Revolution and Europe
Sources: Written question on the Olivenca issue (Portugal/Spain) and the Ajuda Bridge, E-1298/2003 · European Parliament / EUR-Lex Official Journal, Treaty of Alcanices (1297) · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- — Europe:
Treaty of Badajoz: Olivenza passes to Spain
After the War of the Oranges Portugal ceded Olivenza to Spain. Spain holds the treaty valid and never revoked; Portugal holds that it was voided by Spain's 1807 invasion and Article 105 of the Congress of Vienna.
Era: Decline, the Bourbons and the Napoleonic Crisis
Sources: Olivenza · Wikipedia
- — North America:
Napoleon's expedition; Toussaint deported
Napoleon sends an army to restore slavery; Toussaint Louverture is seized and deported to France, where he dies in 1803.
Era: The Haitian Revolution and Independence
Sources: Toussaint Louverture · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Haitian Revolution · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- — Europe:
First Serbian Uprising
Led by Karađorđe, Serbs rose against Ottoman rule and for nearly a decade governed a self-proclaimed state, the opening act of the Serbian Revolution before its suppression in 1813.
Era: The Serbian Revolution and the Road to Independence
Sources: Karadjordje · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Serbia: The disintegration of Ottoman rule · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- — South America:
- — Europe:
The bombardment of Copenhagen
To stop the Danish fleet falling to Napoleon, a British force bombarded Copenhagen and carried off the navy, driving Denmark into alliance with France and toward ruin in the Napoleonic Wars.
Era: The Napoleonic Catastrophe and the Birth of Constitutional Denmark
Sources: A Guide to the History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Denmark · U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Treaty of Kiel · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- — Europe:
Court flees to Brazil
As a French army invaded, the prince regent and royal court sailed for Brazil under British escort, moving the seat of the Portuguese monarchy to Rio de Janeiro.
Era: Earthquake, Napoleon and the Loss of Brazil
Sources: Peninsular War · Encyclopaedia Britannica, John VI, king of Portugal · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- — Europe:
The Finnish War and the end of Swedish rule
Russia conquered Finland from Sweden in the war of 1808-09, ending some six centuries during which Finland had formed the eastern half of the Kingdom of Sweden.
Era: The Finnic Peoples and Six Centuries as Part of Sweden
Sources: Finland: Finland under Swedish rule · Encyclopaedia Britannica, History of Finland · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- — Europe:
The Peninsular War
British, Portuguese and Spanish forces fought the French in the Iberian Peninsula, eventually expelling Napoleon's armies from Portugal and Spain.
Era: Earthquake, Napoleon and the Loss of Brazil
Sources: Peninsular War · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- — Europe:
- — Europe:
Treaty of Fredrikshamn: the loss of Finland
Ending the Finnish War, the Treaty of Fredrikshamn (Hamina) ceded the whole of Finland and the Åland Islands to Russia, stripping Sweden of about a third of its territory and people.
Era: Loss of Finland, Union with Norway and the Birth of Neutrality
Sources: Treaty of Hamina (Fredrikshamn, 1809) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Sweden: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica
War & Rupture in the 1800s
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged war and rupture — wars, invasions, conquests, battles and armed conflict, narrowed to the 1800s — 12 of them, drawn from 9 nations, running from 1801 to 1809. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 12
- Nations
- 9
- Earliest
- 1801
- Latest
- 1809
- Europe
- 9
- Africa
- 1
- North America
- 1
- South America
- 1
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.