Milan Decree
1807 decree by Napoleon banning trade with the British / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Milan Decree was issued on 17 December 1807 by Napoleon I of France to enforce the 1806 Berlin Decree, which had initiated the Continental System, the basis for his plan to defeat the British by waging economic warfare.
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Not to be confused with Edict of Milan.
The Milan Decree stated that no country in Europe was to trade with the United Kingdom.[1]