Napoleon Bonaparte
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1769-1785
- Napolean Bonaparte was born on the Mediterranean island of Corsica
- Napoleon finished school at age 16, and became a lieutenant in artillery in 1785.
1795
- Napoleon defended the delegates in October
- Royalist rebels marched on the National Convention
- Towards the end, he became the hero of the hour and hailed throughout Paris
- became the savior of the French republic
1796
- Directory appointed Napoleon to lead the French army
- Defended the army against Austria and Sardinia
- Haratio Nelson defeteated his naval forces-British
1799
- Directory lost its favor on the French people
- Napoleon took action to seize political power again in early November
- He took power first and was named the title first consul
- Assumed the powers of dictator
- Coup' état- a sudden seizure in politcal power
1799-1802
- Britain, Austria, and Prussia join forces against Napoleon
- Three nations signed peace agreements after this diplomacy was over
- 1802- Europe was at peace
1800
- A plebiscite was held to create a new constitution
- It was a vote of the people
- It have Napoleon all of the real power
1801-1804
- Napoleon signed an agreement, concordat, with Pope Pius VII
- Established a new relationship between the Church and state
- He decides to take back his colony and restore his sugar-producing industry-1801
- He called himself emperor
- Walked down the long isle of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
1805
- Battle of Austerlitz was finished and he issued a proclamation
- Forced his enemies to sign peace treaties
- Made him create a large empire, but his last enemy was Britain
- Battle of Trafalgar was taken place off the southwest coast of Spain
- Napoleon was defeated by Horatio Nelson's fleet
1812
- Napoleon had many victories in the 1800s
- Controlled independent countries and most of the French Empire
- His reign was only five years- 1807-1812
1806-1808
- Napoleon set up a blockade and called the policy the Continental System
- Wanted continental Europe more self-sufficient
- Wanted to destroy Great Britain's commercial and industrial economy
- Sent an invasion throughout Spain and guerrilas struck French armies in Spain
- Peninsula War weakened the French Empire and forced the French out of Spain
1812
- Russian czar stop selling grain to Britain
- Napoleon invades Russia
- Battle of Bordino- Napoleon wins and moves to Moscow
- Britain, Russia, and Prussia go against Napoloen again
1813-1814
- Faced European powers in Leipzig
- Napoleon's army was pushed back to Paris
- Surrendered and gave up his throne
- Was banished to Elba, tiny island off the Italian coast
1815-1821
- Escaped Elba and went to France
- Attacked the British army in a tiny village called Waterloo
- Defeat eneded his power forever- The Hundred Days
- Was shipped to St. Helena and was in exile for six years
- Died in 1821 by a stomach ailment or cancer
