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Age of Napoleon

By birdodoggo
  • Napoleon's Birth

    Napoleon's Birth

    Napoleon was born in Corsica, an island in the Mediterranean ruled by France
  • Becoming an officer in the French army

    Becoming an officer in the French army

    Napoleon was sent to France to be trained for a military career at age nine. He was a 20 years old lieutenant when the revolution broke out.
  • Coup d’état

    Coup d’état

    Brought General Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France, and, in the view of most historians, ended the French Revolution
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    The Grand Empire

    Napoleon gains ability to reorganize Europe and numerous relatives to install on the thrones of his satellite kingdoms.
  • Napoleonic code

    Napoleonic code

    Napoleon establishes French Civil Code
  • Napoleon’s coronation

    Napoleon’s coronation

    Napoleon is crowned as king of France
  • The Battle of Trafalgar

    The Battle of Trafalgar

    Naval battle fought off the coast of Spain. British fleet defeats combined French and Spanish fleet
  • Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain

    Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain

    Joseph made King of Spain soon after the French invasion.
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    The Battle of Wagram

    Austrians sought revenge for past battle of Austerlitz, but Napoleon is victorious
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    Battle of the Nations

    Russia, Britain, Austria, and Prussia weaken and finally defeat Napoleon
  • Napoleon’s exile to Elba

    Napoleon’s exile to Elba

    A year after Leipzig, Napoleon is exiled to Elba, a remote island in the Mediterranean
  • The Battle of Waterloo

    The Battle of Waterloo

    Battle fought in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.