What the records say
- When
- 1803
- Kind
- Treaty
- Coordinates
- 53.37° N, 10.49° E
- Description
- 1803 surrender of the Electorate of Hanover to Napoleonic France
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the town its title names, Artlenburg.
Convention of Artlenburg
1803 surrender of the Electorate of Hanover to Napoleonic France
The Convention of Artlenburg or Elbkonvention was the surrender of the Electorate of Hanover to Napoleon's army, signed at Artlenburg on 5 July 1803 by Oberbefehlshaber Johann Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn. It disbanded the Electorate of Hanover and instigated its occupation by French troops.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The convention of Artlenburg leads to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Ohne dass ein Schuss gefallen ist, unterzeichnet der hannoversche Generalleutnant von Wallmoden-Gimborn die Kapitulation vor dem Heer Napoleons”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page