Timeline (Finlandia)

1810s
21 August 1810: Jean Bernadotte elected Crown Pince of Sweden

2 November 1810: Bernadotte arrives in Stockholm, three days later he changes his name and is officially proclaimed Crown Prince and Generalissimus

24 June 1812: Sweden joins in the French invasion of Russia

7 July 1812: Swedes take Helsinki

11 July 1812: With only minimal resistance remaining in Finland, and the Russian army driven far back by the French, Karl Johan gives the order to cross the Gulf of Finland

29 July 1812: Swedes enter Courland

7 September 1812: Battle of Borodino

14 September 1812: Fire of Moscow, Karl Johan begins to question Napoleon's strategy

18 October 1812: French begin to retreat, Karl Johan sends envoys in secret to negotiate a peace with Russia

5 January 1813: Treaty of Riga, Swedes defect to Russian side in exchange for all conquered land

3 March 1813: War of the Sixth Coalition begins

14 January 1814: Treaty of Kiel, Danes cede Norway to Sweden

17 May 1814: Constitution of Norway adopted, Christian Frederik proclaimed King by rebels

26 July 1814: Swedes invade Norway

7 August 1814: Karl Johan proposes a ceasefire, but refuses to accept Constitution of Norway, hostilities continue

November 1814: Congress of Vienna begins

20 March 1815: Hundred Days begin

9 June 1815: Final Act of the Congress of Vienna

18 June 1815: Battle of Waterloo

27 October 1815: Solution to both Polish-Saxon and Norwegian crises found: large Kingdom of Poland created in personal union with Russia; Prussia given new territory (including 60% of Saxony) to form one contiguous unit; Sweden and Denmark both renounce claims to Norway

9 July 1816: Argentina declares its independence, beginning the Latin American Wars of Independence

20 October 1818: Anglo-American convention of 1818 signed, gives the United Kingdom exclusive control of the Oregon country but allows freedom of movement and trade to American citizens