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Napoleon was born on 15 August 1769.
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A 20 years old Lieutenant when the french revolution broke out in 1789
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1789 Egyptian Campaign to attempt to block British Trade,but was a failure.
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After the coronation Napoleon replaces the Revolution Slogan of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity with Order, Security, and Efficiency
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Military annexations that built French Nationalism were conquering the Netherlands,Belgium,parts of Italy.
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1802 Napoleon overthrew the weak "Directory" form of government after the Reign of Terror and set up a new three man governing board known as the "Consulate"
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1799 moved from Military General to Political Leader.
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Napoleon tries to improve domestic issues such as controlling prices,encouraging new industry,building new roads and canals,setting up Public
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Napoleon wrote a new French Constitution and took the title of First Consul for Life
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1805 Napoleon set up economic warfare against Britain through his "Continental System" which closed ports and didn't allow British goods to be imported.
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1815 After Napoleon returns he attempts to conquer Belgium at the Battle of waterloo,but was unsuccessful and the Duke of Wellington Who commanded the Prussian
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1805 Napoleon invades England at the Battle of Trafalgar,but British Admiral Horatio Nelson smashed the French Fleet
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1812 Napoleon invades Russia and Tsar Alexander I,but Russia used a 'scorched-earth" policy that only left the French hungry and cold during the winter months.
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1804 Napoleon creates the title "Emperor of France" and took the crown out of Liberty,Equality,and Fraternity with Order,Security,and Efficiency
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in 1815 napoleon escaped from exile in Elba to return to paris and take power back from Louis XVIII and this period was known as the "last 100 days" of his short lived return
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After coronation Napoleon replaces the Revolution Slogan of Liberty,Equality,and Fraternity with Order,Security,and Efficiency
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1815 after the battle of Waterloo the diplomats and leaders of European Countries met to establish the "Congress of Vienna" to restore the system of Monarchy and eventually set up the "Concert of
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1821 Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile on St.Helena in the South Atlantic
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Military school at age 9
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1793 Success as a Military Leader at the Battle of Toulon in France