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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Napoleon is born
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Becomes officer in French Artillery
He became an officer in the French artillery and a master war tactician. As an adult he was only 5 feet 6. He used the French Revolution as his opportunity to get power. Then Napoleon was promoted because of his victory over the British. -
Becomes a general in the French Army
Napoleon becomes commander in chief of the French army. -
Napoleon becomes the head of the state, establishes consulate
a new constitution replaced the directory with a three member consulate. -
First Consul for Life
He staged a coup d’état and installed himself as first Consul, five years later the French Senate proclaimed him emperor. -
Concordat signed
negotiations for Concordat open with the Papacy -
The Napoleonic Code
this code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs go to the most qualified. -
Emperor of the French
Napoleon crowned himself emperor of the French. -
Trafalgar
marked another French naval defeat at the hands of the British under the command of Admiral Nelson. -
Continental System
Was a foreign policy designed by Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars to paralyze Great Britain through the destruction of British commerce. -
Campaign in Russia
The French invasion of Russia of 1812 was a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars. It reduced the French and allied invasion forces to a tiny fraction of their initial strength and triggered a major shift in European politics as it dramatically weakened French hegemony in Europe. -
Elba
Napoleon abdicates in favor of his son, and, according to the Treaty of Fontainebleau, agrees to go into exile on the island of Elba, where he will receive a stipend of 2 million francs a year (which he was never paid) and he could keep the title Emperor. -
Congress of Vienna
congress of Vienna begins, the first priority of the congress of Vienna was to deal with territorial issues. -
Waterloo
it was the culminating battle of the Waterloo campaign and Napoleon’s last. The defeat of Waterloo put an end to Napoleon’s rule as emperor of France, and marked the end of his hundred days return from exile. -
Napoleon dies
He died on the Island of St. Helena -
St. Helena
Napoleon died on the small island after being exiled to it.
