Napoleon
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1795
- A government official told napoleon to defend the delegates.
- He and his gunners caused all the royalists to flee.
- This made Napoleon more well known and started his legacy.
1796
- Directory appointed Napoleon a leader of one of the french armies.
- He was assigned to attack Austria.
- Him and his army got into Italy and won many amazing victories.
- Napoleon led his army to Egypt to protect their trade interests.
- Napoleon failed and was pinned down in Egypt.
1799
- When Napoleon came back from Egypt, he decided to seize political power.
- His army drove out most of the the people of the government.
- The remaining voted to take out the directory.
- Napoleon became the dictator of France.
1804
- Napoleon made himself emperor.
- He took the Pope's crown and placed it on his own head in December.
- This means he thinks he's stronger than the church.
1805
- The Battle of Trafalgar was the one major battle Napoleon lost.
- He was at war with british and their commander, Horatio Nelson, was a genius.
- He captured many french ships, splitting the French fleet.
- Nelson made Napoleon give up his plans on invading Britain.
1812
- Britain, Portugal, Sweden, and the Ottoman Empire were the ones free from Napoleon.
- Napoleon controlled many independent countries also.
- This year was the final year Napoleon and French was stable.
- After 1812, the French Empire broke down.
JUNE 1812
- Napoleon and his army marched into Russia to fight Russia.
- Russian troops retreated, knowing they weren't going to win.
- The Russians burned their crops so French could not live off their land.
- This left nothing for napoleon and his army to eat.
SEPTEMBER 1812
- When they finally clashed, it caused the battle of Borodino.
- While fighting, Russia moved back, luring Napoleon to Moscow.
- When Napoleon got there, the city was on fire.
- Alexander destroyed it so Napoleon cannot.
- In october, the Russians took down Napoleon's entire army.
1813
- Napoleon got together a weak and untrained army together barely ready to fight a war.
- Old allies from Europe fought Napoleon's new army.
- His army quickly got dominated.
JANUARY/APRIL 1814
- Napoleon, his army, and allies were on their way to paris.
- In april, Napoleon did not want to quit, but his generals did not let him.
- He was forced to give up his position in the army and go home.
1815
- In June, Napoleon attacked Britain in Waterloo, Belgium.
- Later, while Britain was holding Napoleon back well, Prussian showed up.
- Both Prussia and Britain attacked France.
- After a few days, Napoleon has been defeated.
- This ended his career completely.
