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| 1814, Jan. 14 |
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| The allies forced Denmark to sign the Treaty of Kiel after a short winter campaign. Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden in exchange for Western Pomerania and Rügen. Denmark also made peace with Great Britain. | 1 |
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| Feb. 1 |
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| Battle of La Rothière. The allied armies defeated Napoleon after crossing the Rhine but then had to divide because of problems of supply. Napoleon took advantage of this situation and defeated the allies at Champaubert, Montmirail, Château-Thierry, and Vauchamps (Feb. 10–15). He then defeated the main army at Nangis and Montereau (Feb. 17–18). Meanwhile, Wellington had invaded the south of France and captured Bordeaux. | 2 |
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| Feb. 5–March 19 |
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| Congress of Châtillon. Napoleon was offered the French frontier of 1792, but the negotiations failed. The allies signed the Treaties of Chaumont (March 1), which guarded against a separate peace. Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube (March 20). | 3 |
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| March 31 |
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| Allies entered Paris. Under French diplomat Talleyrand's influence, the Senate declared that Napoleon and his family had forfeited the throne. Napoleon arrived too late to save the city, and his marshals refused to join him in a foolhardy assault of the city. Napoleon abdicated in favor of his son, but the allies rejected that alternative. | 4 |
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| April 11 |
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| Napoleon abdicated unconditionally. The allies granted him the island of Elba as a sovereign principality with an annual income of 2 million francs. His wife, Marie Louise, received the duchies of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla. Both retained the imperial title. | 5 |
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| May 4 |
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| Napoleon arrived on Elba. | 6 |
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