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Events from the year 1813 in France.

Incumbents

Emperor – Napoleon I^[1]

Events

7 February - Action of 7 February 1813, stalemate between two evenly matched frigates Aréthuse and HMS Amelia
2 May - Battle of Lützen, French victory over a combined Prussian and Russian force.
20 May–21 May - Battle of Bautzen, French victory over a combined Russian/Prussian army.
3 June-11 June - Peninsular War: Siege of Tarragona, Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese forces fail to capture port from its Franco-Italian garrison.
21 June - Peninsular War: Battle of Vitoria, decisive victory by Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese forces.
7 July - Peninsular War: Siege of San Sebastian by Anglo-Portuguese forces begins.
25 July - Peninsular War: Battle of Maya, French victory over British forces.
25 July - Peninsular War: Battle of Roncesvalles, French victory over Anglo-Portuguese forces.
25 July - Peninsular War: Battle of the Pyrenees, large-scale French offensive, starts.
2 August - Peninsular War: Battle of the Pyrenees ends in a tactical Anglo-Spanish-Portuguese victory.
23 August - Battle of Großbeeren, French defeated by an allied Prussian-Swedish army.
26 August - Battle of Katzbach, French defeat by Russo-Prussian army.
26 August-27 August - Battle of Dresden results in French victory.
30 August - Battle of Kulm, French defeated by Austrian, Russian, and Prussian forces.
31 August - Peninsular War: Battle of San Marcial, Spanish victory over French army.
6 September - Battle of Dennewitz, Prussians and Russians victory over French forces.
9 September - Peninsular War: Siege of San Sebastian ends with surrender of French garrison.
16 October-19 October - Battle of Leipzig, one of the most decisive defeats suffered by Napoleon Bonaparte.
7 October - Peninsular War: Battle of the Bidassoa, tactical Anglo-Portuguese victory over French forces.
30 October-31 October - Battle of Hanau, tactical French victory over Austro-Bavarian forces.
10 November - Peninsular War: Battle of Nivelle, French defeated by British, Portuguese and Spanish forces.
11 December - By the Treaty of Valençay, Napoleon recognises his prisoner Ferdinand VII as King of Spain and releases him.
9 December-13 December - Peninsular War: Battle of the Nive, Anglo-Portuguese-Spanish army defeats French forces.
31 December (New Year's Eve) - Prussian forces under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher cross the Rhine beginning the invasion of France.