Kammala wannan jumla: A 1806, Dresden ya zama babban birnin Masarautar Saxony da Napoleon ya kafa. A lokacin Yaƙe-yaƙe na Napoleon Sarkin Faransa ya mai da shi tushen aiki, ya ci yaƙin Dresden a ranar 27 ga Agusta 1813. Sakamakon taron Vienna, Masarautar Saxony ta zama wani ɓangare na Tarayyar Jamus a 1815. Bayan tashin hankalin Poland na 1831, 1848 da
1863 yawancin 'yan Poland sun gudu zuwa Dresden, a tsakanin wasu mawaki Frédéric Chopin. Dresden kanta ita ce cibiyar juyin juya halin Jamus a cikin 1848 tare da Mayar da Mayar da hankali, wanda ya kashe rayukan mutane kuma ya lalata garin Dresden na tarihi. Tashin hankalin ya tilasta Frederick Augustus II na Saxony ya gudu daga Dresden, amma nan da nan ya sake samun iko a kan birnin tare da taimakon Prussia. A shekara ta 1852, yawan mutanen Dresden ya karu zuwa mazauna 100,000, yana mai da shi ɗaya daga cikin manyan biranen Tarayyar Jamus.