Birth

  • 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