Battle of Wagram
1809 CE · Austria
The Battle of Wagram was fought in 1809 CE in Austria between French Empire and allies vs the Austrian Empire; French victory that ended the War of the Fifth Coalition.
Battle of Wagram: quick facts
- Date
- 1809 CE
- Location
- Austria
- Belligerents
- French Empire and allies vs the Austrian Empire
- Commanders
- Napoleon Bonaparte vs Archduke Charles
- Result
- French victory that ended the War of the Fifth Coalition.
- Casualties
- roughly 70,000 to 80,000 killed, wounded or captured across both armies
- Era
- ⛵ Colonial & Napoleonic Era
- Quiz difficulty
- hard
What happened at the Battle of Wagram?
Napoleon assembled the largest army he had ever commanded and defeated Archduke Charles of Austria in a brutal two-day battle on the Marchfeld plain near Vienna. Over 300,000 soldiers clashed in one of the largest battles in European history to that point. Napoleon's massing of over 100 guns into a grand battery to smash the Austrian center proved decisive. The victory forced Austria to sign the Treaty of Schonbrunn and cemented Napoleon's dominance over continental Europe.
Did you know?
Napoleon massed 112 cannons into a single grand battery at Wagram, the largest artillery concentration in warfare up to that point, to blast a hole through the Austrian center.
Sources and further reading
- Battle of Wagram on Wikipedia for the full account, historiography and primary sources.
- How BattleGuess compiles and checks battle facts: see the About page.
Entry last reviewed 26 September 2026.