Timeline Tuesday 20 May 1800

Events on Tuesday 20 May 1800 2

• 1800 Napoleon crosses the Great St Bernard Pass The Army of Reserve marches over the Alps into Italy Napoleon led the Army of Reserve over the Great St Bernard Pass and dragged its artillery across the snow on sledges. The crossing put a French army in the rear of the Austrian forces in northern Italy and set up the Marengo campaign. Jacques-Louis David's painting of the crossing became one of the defining images of Napoleon.
• 1800 Napoleon crosses the Great St Bernard Pass The Army of Reserve marches over the Alps into Italy Napoleon led the Army of Reserve over the Great St Bernard Pass and dragged its artillery across the snow on sledges. The crossing put a French army in the rear of the Austrian forces in northern Italy and set up the Marengo campaign. Jacques-Louis David's painting of the crossing became one of the defining images of Napoleon.