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Birth
August 15, 1769: ·Napoleon Bonaparte born in Ajaccio, Corsica -
Early Life
1784, Napoleon was selected for the elite École Militaire in Paris. -
Early Life
October 17, 1784: ·Enrolls in the Ecole Militaire -
Early Life
Graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in the artillery -
Military Campains
Stationed in Valence -
Military Campains
December 22, 1793: ·For his courage at an internal French battle at Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of brigadier general -
Military Campains
The government assigns Napoleon the task of suppressing civil strife and rebellion against the Republic -
Military Campains
Napoleon begins his Egyptian campaign -
Fall and Exile
Fall of Alexandria and Cairo -
Fall and Exile
The French fall to Spain in the Battle of Vitoria -
Fall and Exile
Paris falls -
Fall and Exile
Napoleon is exiled to Elba; his wife and son take refuge in Vienna -
Died
Napoleon dies