Editing Brno (section)

===19th century===
In December 1805 the [[Battle of Austerlitz]] was fought near the city; the battle is also known as the "Battle of the Three Emperors". Brno itself was not involved with the battle, but the French Emperor [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] spent several nights here at that time, and again in 1809.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brno.cz/turista-volny-cas/historie-mesta/historie-v-datech/|title=Brno – Historie v datech|access-date=28 September 2011|language=cs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMBC6H_Napoleon_I_in_Moravias_capital_in_1809_Brno_Czech_Republic|title=Napoleon I. in Moravia's capital in 1809, Brno, Czech Republic - La Famille Bonaparte on Waymarking.com|access-date=28 September 2011}}</ref>

In 1839 the first train arrived in Brno from Vienna via the [[Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway]]. This was the [[Rail transport in the Czech Republic|beginning of rail transport in the current Czech Republic]] and [[Rail transport in Austria|Austria]].<ref name="thefirsttrain"/> In the years 1859–1864 the city fortifications were almost completely removed. In 1869 a [[horsecar]] service started to operate in Brno, the first [[Tram|tram service]] in what would later become the Czech Republic.<ref name="dpmbhistory"/>

[[Gregor Mendel]] conducted his groundbreaking experiments in [[genetics]] while he was a monk at [[St. Thomas's Abbey, Brno|St. Thomas's Abbey]] in Brno in the 1850s.