In 1803, war erupted in Europe once again. Napoleon Bonaparte, first consul of the First Republic of France, had an eye on conquering Great Britain, assembling as many as 200,000 soldiers near ...

This 1803 political satire shows a tiny Napoleon trapped in a cage and put on display by a sailor—surrounded by people remarking on how small and weak he is.

Napoleon’s Wars: An International History, 1803–1815, by Charles Esdaile (Viking, 656 pp., $35) For all his renown, Napoleon Bonaparte remains an elusive figure with a contested legacy. Admirers view ...

By the beginning of 1803, though, hostilities between France and Great Britain were heating up. Napoleon realized that he didn’t have the resources to both fight the British and do the whole ...

In 1803, NAPOLEON BONAPARTE shared the dignity of Consul of the Republic with two other French citizens; he was not invested with any of the rights which belong to the chiefs of sovereign houses, ...

On this day in 1803, Robert Livingston, the U.S. minister to France, and James Monroe signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty in Paris, doubling the size of the United States and paving the way for ...

On this day in 1803, Robert Livingston, the U.S. minister to France, and James Monroe, a future president, signed the Louisiana Purchase Treaty - an accord that doubled the size of the United ...