| Real | Sharpe | |||
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| Date | Year | Event | Year | Event |
| 1 | 1798 | Battle of the Nile, British (Nelson) defeat French (de Brueys) During this month the King's 33rd sail for Penang |
1797 | ?Pvte Sharpe leaves England with the 33rd |
| 1808 | British (Wellington) start landing at Mondego Bay (Peninsular War) 4 Cos 2/95th involved in landings |
1808 | ,2nd Lt Sharpe (QM) probably involved in Mondego Bay landings | |
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| 3 | 1796 | Battle of Lonato, French (Napoleon) defeat Austrians (Quasdanovich) (1st Coalition) | ||
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| 5 | 1796 | Battle of Castiglione, French (Napoleon) defeat Austrians (Wurmser) (1st Coalition) | 1803 | Hakeswill attacks Capt Morris with a chamber pot, blames Sharpe and gets an arrest warrant (Sharpe's Triumph) |
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| 8 | 1803 | Ahmednuggur, British (Wellesley) storm the pettah (Mahratta, Scindia) (Mahratta War) | (Sharpe's Triumph) | |
| 1808 | British (Wellington) complete the landings at Mondego Bay (Peninsular War) | |||
| 1812 | Battle of Inkovo, French (Sebastiani) meet Russians (Platove) (Russian Campaign) | |||
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| 12 | 1803 | The Fort of Ahmednuggur (Mahratta, Scindia) surrenders to the British (Wellesley) | (Sharpe's Triumph) | |
| 1812 | Madrid falls to the Allies (Peninsular War) | |||
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| 14 | 1799 | Battle of Zurich, Austrians (Charles) defeat French (Massena) (2nd Coalition) | ||
| 15 | 1769 | Birth of Napoleon Bonaparte (Buonaparte until 1796) | ||
| 1799 | Battle of Novi, Austro-Russians (Suvarov) defeat French (Joubert) (2nd Coalition) | |||
| 1808 | Skirmish at Obidos, British (Wellington) defeat French () (Peninsular War) Lt Bunbury (2/95) is the first British officer killed in the Peninsular War |
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| 17 | 1808 | Battle of Rolica, British (Wellington) force French (Delaborde) to retire (Peninsular War) | ||
| 1808 | 1st siege of Saragossa (Spanish, Palafox) raised by French (Verdier) (Peninsular War) | |||
| 1812 | Battle of Smolensk, French (Napoleon) defeat Russians (Barclay de Tolly) (Russian Campaign) | |||
| 1812 | Battle of Polotsk (day 1), French (Oudinot, St Cyr) defeat Russians (Wittgenstein) (Russian Campaign) | |||
| 18 | 1812 | Battle of Polotsk (day 2), French (Oudinot, St Cyr) defeat Russians (Wittgenstein) (Russian Campaign) | ||
| 19 | 1812 | Battle of Valutino, French (Napoleon) defeat Russians (Barclay de Tolly) (Russian Campaign) | ||
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| 21 | 1808 | Battle of Vimeiro, Wellesley defeats Junot, Peninsular War | ||
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| 23 | 1808 | Sir John Moore's force lands at Peniche | ||
| 1813 | Battle of Grossbeeren, Allies (Bernadotte) defeat French (Oudinot) (6th Coalition) | |||
| 24 | 1796 | Battle of Amberg, Austrians (Charles) defeat French (Jourdan) (1st Coalition) | ||
| 1796 | Battle of Friedberg, French (Moreau) defeat Austrians (Latour) (1st Coalition) | |||
| 25 | 1800 | Landings at Ferrol OFFICIAL BIRTHDAY OF 95TH RIFLES |
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| 1810 | French invest Almeida, a lucky shot destroys the arsenal under the cathedral and half the town, Peninsular War | (Sharpe's Gold) | ||
| 26 | 1813 | Battle of Katzbach, Allies (Blucher) defeat French (Macdonald) (6th Coalition) | ||
| 1813 | Battle of Pirna, French (Vandamme) defeat Allies (Eugene of Wurttemberg) (6th Coalition) | |||
| 1813 | Battle of Dresden (day 1), French (Napoleon) defeat Allies (Schwarzendberg) (6th Coalition) | |||
| 27 | 1798 | Battle of Castlebar, French (Humbert) defeat British (Lake) (Irish Expedition) | ||
| 1813 | Battle of Dresden (day 2), French (Napoleon) defeat Allies (Schwarzendberg) (6th Coalition) | |||
| 28 | 1810 | Surrender of Almeida to French | ||
| 29 | 1807 | Battle of Kjoge (Roskilde), British (Wellesley) defeat Danes (Castenskiold) (4th Coalition) 95th Rifles fight under Wellesley for the first time. |
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| 30 | 1813 | Battle of Kulm-Priesten, Allies (Ostermann-Tolstoy, Kleist) defeat French (Vandamme) (6th Coalition) | ||
| 31 | 1813 | San Sebastian (French, Rey) stormed by Anglo-Portuguese (Wellington) (Peninsular War) | ||
| 1813 | Battle of San Marcial, Anglo-Portuguese (Wellington) defeat French (Soult) (Peninsular War) | |||
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