NAPOLEONIC EVENTS LISTS 4 from
February 2014
Please inform me of any talks,
exhibitions or similar event in your area,
including date,times,fees,location with
postcode, and organisers details.
Suzanne Brunt,63 Playstool Road,Newington,Sittingbourne,Kent ME9
7NL.
suzanne.brunt@talktalk.net
01795 842992
Guests wishing to attend events should contact organisers to
confirm details.
Norman Cross Gallery, Peterborough Museum, Priestgate, PE1 1LF.
23rd Feb Paul Chamberlain will give a tour of this new
gallery dedicated to French P-O-W art.
13.45 and lasting 2 hours. contact Paul to reserve place.
National Army Museum,Royal Hospital Road,Chelsea,SW3 4HT. 020 7730
0717
13 Feb 12.30 talk by Natalia Griffon
'Battle of Barossa 1811'
free
27 Feb 12.30 talk by Vanessa Jenkins 'Florence
Nightingale and Mary Seacole in the Crimean War' free
27 Feb 19.00 talk by Iain Gale 'Wellingtons
Exploring Officers in the Peninsular War' £10/£7.50
06 Mar 12.30 talk by Mark Hay 'How Britain,Prussia and
Russia claimed a Dutch victory 1813-14' **cancelled
27 Mar 19.00 talk by John Keay 'Military map
makers in India' £10/£7.50
www.nam.ac.uk/lectures
020 7881 2425 to confirm and book.
British Library, 96 Euston Road, St Pancras, NW1 2DB 020
7412 7332
until 11 March, exhibition 'Georgians Revealed' seven
days a week 09.30-18.00 wkdays, 11.00-17.00 weekends.
www.bl.uk to
book £9/£7.
Portuguese Ambassadors' Residence, 12 Belgrave Square.
London.
A reception to raise funds for The Friends of the British Cemetery
in Elvas, Portugal.
6th March 19.00-21.30 tickets £50. cheques payable to
'Friends of the British Cemetery'.
N Hallidie,
20 Ballingdon St, Sudbury Suffolk CO10 2BT nah812@gmail.com 01787
880445
Tower of London, Officers Mess, Royal Fusiliers Museum.
16 April talk by Charles Esdaile ''Wellington in
France 1814''
Kensal Green Cemetery. Harrow Road, W10 4RA 020 8969 0152.
01 April-30 Sept open 09.00-18.00 www.kensalgreencemetery.com/
LIVING HISTORY EVENTS
www.napoleonicassociation.org
www.napoleonicassociation.org
11-13 April Ickworth House, Horringer,Bury St Edmunds
IP29 5QE 01284 735270
25-26 May Painshill Park Cobham Surrey
14 June Oxford Napoleonic
March
21-22 June Vittoria Spain
28-29 June Royal Hospital Chelsea
05-06 July Colchester Military Tournament, Abbey
Field, CO2 7NZ 07810 573020
26-27 July Eastbourne Redoubt 01323 410300 redoubtmuseum@eastbourne.gov.uk
16-17 Aug Spetchley Park Worcs WR5 1RS 01453
810303
20-21 Sept Fort Amherst garrison wknd, Chatham ME4 4UB 01634
847747
08 Nov Lord Mayors Show
Dec tbc Royal military
Tournament
Bexhill-on-Sea,Manor Barn,De La Warr Road,Bexhill Old Town,TN40
2JA
18 Feb 19.30 members talks including 'King George III'
18 Mar 19.30 a talk by Rod MacArthur 'Battle of
Toulouse'
15 Apr 19.30 a talk by John
Dear 'Sergeant Felgar KGL'
20 May 10.30 at Northern Hotel, Sea Rd, Bexhill,
conference day with Paul Chamberlain
'Napoleonic Prisoners of War and their legacy'.
15 July 19.30 at Manor Barn, Carole Divall ''KGL and the
peninsula''
Chatham , Royal Engineers Museum, Prince Arthur Rd, ME4 4UG
01634 822261
until 30th May, exhibition of some of 600 photograph albums from
the archives.
Detling, Kent Showground on A249 near Maidstone, ME4 3JF
23-25 August Military odyssey weekend. www.military-odyssey.com
Dover Western Heights. Drop Redoubt Rd, CT17 9DY
20 Apr guided tours start, then 3rd Sunday of the
month
12 July open weekend. 100th anniversary of the Lord Warden.
book on www.doverwesternheights.org
Hunton Court, West St, Hunton, Maidstone ME15 0RR
25-26 May, 09.00-16.00 Living History Weekend, £5 one day,
£7 two days. chd+sen £2.50/£3.50
Walmer Castle, Kingsdown Road, Deal CT14 7LJ 01304 364288
12 March 10.00-13.00 articles of the Duke of
Wellington not normally on view.
English Heritage members only. ring for other opening
times.
Shorncliffe Redoubt, Sandgate Folkestone
look for future events and tours on www.shorncliffe-trust.org.uk
Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, Camberley, Surrey GU15 4PQ
15 June Heritage open Day 01276 63344
Stratfield Saye House, Hants, RG7 2BT 01256
882694
17 Apr - 21 Apr and 31
July - 25 August gates open 11.00
www.stratfieldsaye.co.uk
last tour 15.00
Basingstoke, Wargames Holiday Centre, 19a Foyle Park, RG21
3HD
07-09
Feb
Battle of Ransdorf 21-23
Feb Battle
of Waterloo
26 Feb-02 March 1814 Campaign Week
08
March
Battle of Aspern Essling
04-06
April
Battle for
Paris
12 April
Battle of Lutzen
17-20
April
Battle of Leipzig 09-11
May
Battle of Talavera
23-25
May Battle
of Borodino 20-22
June Battle
of Waterloo
25-27
July
Battle of Dresden 19-21
Sept
Battle of Wagram
10-12
Oct
Battle of Wachau 1813
17-19 Oct
Battle of Mockern
08-10
Nov Battle
of Salamanca 05-07
Dec
Battle of Austerlitz
http://www.wargameshc.co.uk 01256
323332
Whittlesey Museum, Town Hall, Market St, PE7 1BD 01733
840968
open Fri+Sun 14.30-16.30 Sat 10-12 closed
Mon-Thu. Sir Harry Smith display.
Whittington Castle , Castle St, Whittington, Shrops SY11 4DF
02 March 11.00, Living History Day
01691 662500
26 July 5th/60th Rifles re-enactment day http://5th60thrifles.co.uk/
BATTLE PROMS http://www.battleproms.com 01432 355416
info@battleproms.com
P O Box 355 Hertford HR2 9YE.
05 July Burghley House, Stamford, Lincs PE9 3JY
12 July Blenheim Palace, Woodstock OX20 1PX
19 July Hatfield House, Hatfield, Herts AL9 5NQ
02 Aug Highclere Castle, Newbury RG20 9RN
16 Aug Ragley Hall, Alcester Warks B49 5NJ
Fort Cumberland, from Esplanade, Eastney, Portsmouth PO4
9LD 023 9285 6700
15 September to 31 March, fort built by Duke of Richmond between
1785-1810, ring for details on tours.
Royal Green Jackets Museum, Peninsula Barracks, Romsey
Rd, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8TS
20 March 2014. 18.15 'Final battles
of the Peninsula War, Tarbes' by Brigadier John Taylor.
£15 per person, cheque payable to 'RGJ Museum'.
contact 01962 828549 curator@rgjmuseum.co.uk
Chalke Valley History Festival. Manor
farm, Ebbesbourne Wake, Wilts SP5 5JH.
23-29 June, contact 01722 781133 www.cvhf.org.uk
Taunton Castle Museum. Castle St,
Taunton TA1 4AA
40th Somerset Regimental Museum.
01823 320201
Wellington Museum, 28 Fore St,
Wellington, Somerset TA21 8PQ
19 Apr Wellington Museum opens
for the season.info@wellingtonmuseum.org.uk
Higham Hall, Bassenthwaite Cumbria CA13
0LA 01768 776276
28 -30 March ring to check for last
minute places.
Orders and Medals Research Society. www.omrs.org
contact for local events and times.
WALES
Cardigan Castle , Cardigan SA43 1JA now open to the public.
info@cardigancastle.com
01239 615131
Plas Newydd Country House, Anglesey LL61 6DG
plasnewydd@nationaltrust.org.uk
01248 714795
SCOTLAND
Edinburgh Castle, Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum in the castle,
.0131 310 5100 scotsdgmuseum@gmail.com www.scotsdgmuseum.com
Perth,
The Blackwatch Museum,Hay St,Perth PH1 5HR 01738
638152
EUROPE
BELGIUM
Wavre battle reconstruction camp and parades. GPS 50.705251 4.600221
Wavre battle reconstruction camp and parades. GPS 50.705251 4.600221
05-06 July www.mtab.be info@mtab.be
click on 'actualites' scroll for English.
HOLLAND
Hoogstraten www.hoogstraten.be www.bergen-op-zoom.com/
03-04 May 200th anniversary event for
Bergen-op-Zoom campaign.
Bourtange, Vlagtwedde, Westerwolde, Groningen.
Restored star fort.
wikimapia.org/131384/Fortress-Bourtange
FRANCE
FOR 1814 events www.1814.fr
Chateau de Fontainebleau. www.chateaudefontainebleau.fr
31st March to 20th April, an event to celebrate the 200th Adieux
de Napoleon.
5/6 April talks and a film 'Napoleon; la legende'
12/13 April 'The Last Days at Fontainebleau'
19/20 April reconstruction of Les Adieux de Napoleon 1er.
6.50 euros with reductions on some days.
ORTHEZ 200TH COMMEMORATIONS
01st March, morning parade and unveiling of commemoration
plaque.
Wreaths laid by French, UK and Portuguese military contingents.
1.3km procession over battlefield, ending with UK wreath-laying
ceremony at the English Cemetery.
French military and re-enactment band will join in.
BAYONNE 200TH COMMEMORATIONS
11th April evening presentation on the Peninsular War
12th April Battlefield tour of Nive, St Pierre,Bayonne
sortie and Adour crossing.
13th April activities in the town
14th April official events including unveiling a
plaque and wreath-laying at the 2 English cemeteries.
for more details go to pw200@hotmail.co.uk
www.peninsular200.org
05-06 April events for 200th anniversary of Battle of
Toulouse.
ISLAND OF ELBA
13-15 JUNE, a bicentennial weekend of events margaritafm@yahoo.com.au
PORTUGAL
LINES OF TORRES VEDRAS FUN RUN
Saturday 17th May, starting at Lisbon Technical Institute and
ending at Mafra National Palace,
100kms over 12 stages. linhasdetorres2014@gmail.com
www.linesoftorresvedras.com
SPAIN
10 May day of cycle rides from Almeida.
14 May 2014 annual ceremony in
the British Cemetery Elvas, Portugal.
16 May 2014 annual ceremony in
Albuera, Spain
USA
Frazier History Museum, 829 West Main St, Louisville, Kentucky
40202
to 02nd March ''The Eye of Napoleon'' exhibition with over
200 works
from Napoleons' art collection. www.fraziermuseum.org
this exhibition moves to the Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal Canada
in May 2014.
Maryland Historical Society, 201 West Monument St, Baltimore,
21201-4674.
to 09 June, exhibition ''Woman of 2 worlds:Elizabeth Patterson
Bonaparte''
wife of Jerome Bonaparte. www.mdhs.org
Plattsburg Commemorations. 31 Washington Rd, NY 12903 USA
518 566 1814
30 Aug to 03 Sept, week of ceremonies, parades and re-enactments.
UK contact Roy Carter 01672 512672 www.champlain1812.com
AUSTRALIA
Canberra, University House, Australian National
University.
10-13 April Jane Austen Festival http://janeaustenfestival.com/
Mrs Aylwen Gardiner-Garden aylwen@janeaustenfestival.com.au
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