10th april 1809
200 years ago the Austrian army passes the Inn, a border river between Austria and Bavaria, the war of the 5th coalition begins.
200 years ago the Austrian army passes the Inn, a border river between Austria and Bavaria, the war of the 5th coalition begins.
The 204th anniversary of the battle of Austerlitz falls on wednesday 2nd december 2009. More than 800 participants and thousands of visitors and spectators had the occasion to commemorate this important historical event already on the last weekend, from the 27th till the 29th november, in Austerlitz, in Tvarozna (Bosenitz), Prace (Pratzen), at the Old post of Pozoritz and in other villages of the battlefield.
Instruction concernant les manoeuvres de l'infanterie...
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PDF documents concerning the military history of the french revolution and first empire for download; links to other sources...
On saturday 26th january 2008 the assembly of the newly formed Central European Napoleonic Society was held in Tvarozna (Bosenitz). The re-enactment groups – members of the society – judged the last year events, voted the president of the society and board members according to the new Agreement of composition and activities of the CENS that replaced the old statute; discussed the new conception of the events co-organized by the society, the events calendar for 2008, and also the level of quality of the re-enactment the CENS should reach.
On the 18th march, the 5th year of "Festival of spring", czech and moravian wine competition, was held in Paris in the Czech cultural center, together with a presentation of activities of the Project Austerliz. On the 19th march the wines and the Project Austerlitz were presented in the central office of the OECD during a soirée organized by Mr. Karel Dyba, ambassador of the Czech republic to the OECD.
The Project Austerlitz, Central European Napoleonic Society, town of Znojmo (Znaim) and commune of Dobsice (Klein Teswitz), in co-operation with the South-Moravian Region organize the commemorative event of the 199th anniversary of the battle of Znaim, 11-13 july 2008, under the auspices of the 1st vice-governor of the region, Mr. Milan Venclik.
Project Austerlitz, Central European Napoleonic Society, Slavkov u Brna - Austerlitz, Tvarožná - Bosenitz, Prace - Pratzen, with support of the South Moravian Region, organize, at the occasion of the 239th anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte, the event of Napoleonic Days 2008 on the battlefield of Austerlitz, the event will take place from 15-17 august 2008.
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