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This is a list of sieges, land and naval battles of the War of the Fourth Coalition (9 October 1806 – 9 July 1807). It can be divided into several campaigns:

  • the Jena campaign in modern-day Thuringia (9–14 October 1806);
  • the post-Jena or Prenzlau-Lübeck campaign in Brandenburg and Pomerania (October–November 1806); various sieges resulting from this offensive continued until August 1807;
  • the Eylau campaign in the eastern provinces of Prussia (23 December 1806 – 8 February 1807);
  • the Friedland campaign in the eastern provinces of Prussia (16 February 1807 – 14 June 1807).

Some battles overlapped with the Franco-Swedish War. Excluded is the Gunboat War.

Date Battle Front French forces Coalition forces Notes
9 October 1806 Battle of Schleiz Thuringia
Jena
 First French Empire  Kingdom of Prussia
 Electorate of Saxony
French victory
10 October 1806 Battle of Saalfeld Thuringia
Jena
 First French Empire  Kingdom of Prussia
 Electorate of Saxony
French victory
14 October 1806 Battle of Jena–Auerstedt Thuringia
Jena
 First French Empire  Kingdom of Prussia
 Electorate of Saxony
French key victory
16 October 1806 Capitulation of Erfurt Thuringia
Post-Jena
 First French Empire  Kingdom of Prussia French victory
17 October 1806 Battle of Halle Brandenburg
Post-Jena
 First French Empire  Kingdom of Prussia French victory
25 October – 8 November 1806 Siege of Magdeburg (1806) Brandenburg
Post-Jena
 First French Empire  Kingdom of Prussia French victory
27 October 1806 Fall of Berlin (1806) Brandenburg
Post-Jena
 First French Empire  Kingdom of Prussia French victory
28 October 1806 Battle of Prenzlau Brandenburg
Post-Jena
 First French Empire  Kingdom of Prussia French victory
29 October 1806 Capitulation of Pasewalk Pr. Pomerania
Post-Jena
 First French Empire  Kingdom of Prussia French victory
29–30 October 1806 Capitulation of Stettin Pr. Pomerania
Post-Jena
 First French Empire  Kingdom of Prussia French victory
1 November 1806 Battle of Waren-Nossentin Meckl.-Schwerin
Post-Jena
 First French Empire  Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
3 November – 3 December 1806 Greater Poland uprising (1806) South Prussia
Post-Jena
 First French Empire
Duchy of Warsaw Polish rebels
 Kingdom of Prussia French victory
6 November 1806 Battle of Lübeck Free Lübeck
Post-Jena
 First French Empire

 Denmark–Norway

 Kingdom of Prussia
Sweden Kingdom of Sweden

 Free City of Lübeck

French victory
7–22 November 1806 Siege of Hamelin Hanover
Post-Jena
 First French Empire
Netherlands Kingdom of Holland
 Kingdom of Prussia French victory
23 December 1806 Battle of Czarnowo New East Prussia  First French Empire  Russian Empire
 Kingdom of Prussia
French victory
26 December 1806 Battle of Pułtusk (1806) New East Prussia  First French Empire
 Kingdom of Bavaria
 Russian Empire
 Kingdom of Prussia
French victory
26 December 1806 Battle of Golymin New East Prussia  First French Empire  Russian Empire French victory
22 January – 11 December 1807 Siege of Graudenz West Prussia  First French Empire
Grand Duchy of Hesse Gr. Duchy of Hesse
 Electorate of Saxony
 Kingdom of Prussia Coalition victory
25 January 1807 Battle of Mohrungen East Prussia  First French Empire  Russian Empire
 Kingdom of Prussia
French victory
3 February 1807 Battle of Allenstein East Prussia  First French Empire  Russian Empire French victory
7–8 February 1807 Battle of Eylau Pr. Pomerania  First French Empire  Russian Empire
 Kingdom of Prussia
Indecisive
16 February 1807 Battle of Ostrołęka (1807) New East Prussia  First French Empire  Russian Empire French victory
19 February 1807 Conquest of Stolp [de] Pr. Pomerania Duchy of Warsaw Polish rebels  Kingdom of Prussia French victory
19 March – 24 May 1807 Siege of Danzig (1807) West Prussia  First French Empire
 Kingdom of Saxony
Polish Legions
 Napoleonic Italy
Grand Duchy of Baden Gr. Duchy of Baden
 Kingdom of Prussia
 Russian Empire
 United Kingdom
French victory
20 March – 2 July 1807 Siege of Kolberg (1807) Pr. Pomerania  First French Empire  Kingdom of Prussia
Naval support:
Sweden Kingdom of Sweden
 United Kingdom
Indecisive
1–3 April 1807 Great Sortie of Stralsund Sw. Pomerania  First French Empire
Netherlands Kingdom of Holland
Sweden Kingdom of Sweden Coalition victory
16 April 1807 Battle of Belling Sw. Pomerania  First French Empire Sweden Kingdom of Sweden French victory
5–6 June 1807 Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen East Prussia  First French Empire  Russian Empire
 Kingdom of Prussia
Coalition tactical victory
French strategic victory
10 June 1807 Battle of Heilsberg East Prussia  First French Empire  Russian Empire
 Kingdom of Prussia
Indecisive
14 June 1807 Battle of Friedland East Prussia  First French Empire
 Kingdom of Saxony
 Russian Empire French key victory
Treaties of Tilsit
24 July – 24 August 1807 Siege of Stralsund (1807) Sw. Pomerania  First French Empire Sweden Kingdom of Sweden French key victory
Sw. Pomerania French

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