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Napoleon Bonaparte born in Ajaccio, Corsica.
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Napoleon begins study at the royal military academy
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Enrolls in the Ecole Militaire
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Graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in the artillery.
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Stationed in Valence
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Paris mob storms the Bastille
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While in Paris with his regiment, Napoleon witnesses the storming of the Tuileries Palace and the dethroning of the French King, Louis XVI.
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Accused of being too pro-French, Napoleon and his family flee their household in Corsica
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For his courage at an internal French battle at Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of brigadier general
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Napoleon is imprisoned under suspicion of being a Jacobin and a supporter of Robespierre
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Napoleon is promoted to General of the Army of the West
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The government assigns Napoleon the task of suppressing civil strife and rebellion against the Republic