| Real | Sharpe | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Year | Event | Year | Event |
| 1 | 1800 | First parade of the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" | 1799 | Sharpe and Lawford join the Tipoo's army (Sharpe's Tiger) |
| 2 | 1801 | Naval battle of Copenhagen, British (Parker) defeat Danes () Lt J Grant of the Rifle Corps killed in action |
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| 1812 | Siege of Badajoz (French, Philippon), Anglo-Portuguese (Wellington) attempt to blow the San Roque dam fails (Peninsular War) | (Sharpe's Company) | ||
| 3 | 1799 | Anglo-Hyderabad (Harris) arrive at Seringapatam (Mysore, Tipoo) (Mysore War) | ||
| 1811 | Battle of Sabugal, Anglo-Portuguese (Wellington) defeat French (Reynier) (Peninsular War) | |||
| 1814 | Napoleon cheered in Paris | |||
| 4 | 1814 | Napoleon's first abdication | ||
| 5 | 1799 | Night attack on Sultanpetah Tope, Mysoreans (Tipoo) defeat British (Harris) (Mysore War) | 1799 | Sharpe misleads British troops, attempts to escape, promoted to Corporal in Tipoo's army (Sharpe's Tiger) |
| 1799 | Battle of Magnano, Austrians (Kray) defeat French (Scherer) (2nd Coalition) | |||
| 1812 | Siege of Badajoz, Wellington inspects the breaches (Peninsular War) | (Sharpe's Company) | ||
| 1815 | Wellington arrives in Brussels, Waterloo Campaign | (Sharpe's Waterloo) | ||
| 6 | 1799 | Daytime attack on Sultanpetah Tope, British (Harris) defeat Mysore (Tipoo) (Mysore War) | (Sharpe's Tiger) | |
| 1812 | Fall of Badajoz (French, Philippon) to Anglo-Portuguese (Wellington) (Peninsular War) | 1812 | Lt Knowles murdered by Sgt Hakeswill (Sharpe's Company) | |
| 1814 | Napoleon abdicates - again | |||
| 7 | 1812 | Marriage of Richard Sharpe and Teresa Moreno in Badajoz (Sharpe's Company) | ||
| 8 | ||||
| 9 | 1812 | Marriage of Capt Harry Smith (1/95) and Juana de Leon in the Camp outside Badajoz | ||
| 10 | 1814 | Battle of Toulouse, Anglo-Portuguese (Wellington) defeat French (Soult) (Peninsular War) | (Sharpe's Revenge) | |
| 11 | ||||
| 12 | 1796 | Battle of Montenotte, French (Napoleon) defeat Austrians (Beaulieu) (1st Coalition) | ||
| 1814 | Napoleon attempts suicide | 1814 | Sharpe and Frederickson go on a drinking binge (Sharpe's Revenge) | |
| 13 | ||||
| 14 | 1796 | Battle of Millesimo, French (Angereau) defeat Austro-Piedmontese (Provera) (1st Coalition) | ||
| 1796 | Battle of Dego (day 1), French (Bonaparte) defeat Austrians (Beaulieu) (1st Coalition) | |||
| 1814 | Battle of Bayonne, Anglo-Portuguese (Hope) defeat French (Thouvenot) (Peninsular War) | |||
| 15 | 1796 | Battle of Dego (day 2), French (Bonaparte) defeat Austrians (Beaulieu) (1st Coalition) | ||
| 16 | 1796 | Battle of Ceva (day 1), Austro-Piedmontese (Colli) defeat French (Augereau) (1st Coalition) | ||
| 1809 | Battle of Sacile, Austrians (John) defeat French (Eugene) (5th Coalition) | |||
| 17 | 1796 | Battle of Ceva (day 2), Austro-Piedmontese (Colli) defeat French (Augereau) (1st Coalition) | 1959 | Sean Bean's birthday |
| 1799 | Battle of Mount Tabor, French (Napoleon) defeat Ottomans (Achmed) (Egypt) | |||
| 18 | 1797 | Battle of Neuweid (Lahn), French (Hoche) defeat Austrians (Werneck) (1st Coalition) | ||
| 19 | 1809 | Battle of Tengen (Teugn-Hausen), French (Davout) defeat Austrians (Hohenzollern) (5th Coalition) | ||
| 1809 | Battle of Abensberg (day 1) Franco-Allies (Napoleon) defeat Austrians (Charles) (5th Coalition) | |||
| 20 | 1803 | British (Wellesley) arrive at Poona | ||
| 1809 | Battle of Abensberg (day 2) Franco-Allies (Napoleon) defeat Austrians (Charles) (5th Coalition) | |||
| 21 | 1796 | Battle of Mondovi, French (Napoleon) defeat Piedmontese (Colli) (1st Coalition) | ||
| 1809 | Battle of Landeshut, Franco-Allies (Napoleon) defeat Austrians (Hiller) (5th Coalition) | |||
| 22 | 1809 | Wellesley takes command in Portugal (Peninsular War) | ||
| 1809 | Battle of Eckmuhl (Eggmuhl), Franco-Allies (Davout/Lannes) defeat Austrians (Charles) (5th Coalition) | |||
| 23 | 1809 | Battle of Ratisbon (Regensburg), Franco-Allies (Napoleon) defeat Austrians (Charles) (5th Coalition) | ||
| 24 | 1794 | Battle of Villiers-en-Cauchies, Anglo-Austrians (Ott) defeat French () (1st Coalition) | ||
| 25 | ||||
| 26 | 1799 | Seringapatam outworks (Mysore, Tipoo) stormed by British (Wellesley) (Mysore War) | (Sharpe's Tiger) | |
| 27 | 1799 | Battle of Cassano, Austro-Russians (Suvarov) defeat French (Moreau) (2nd Coalition) | ||
| 28 | 1811 | Juanita opens gates of Fort San Isidore (Sharpe's Battle) | ||
| 29 | 1769 | Arthur Wesley born (later Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington) | ||
| 30 | ||||
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