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Second of eight children in Ajaccio, Corsica.
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Napoleon was commissioned a second lieutenant in La Fère artillery regiment.
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Successfully invaded Italy and took it over from Austria.
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Drafted the Constitution of the Year VIII, secured his place as First Consul, and lived in Tuileries.
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Crowned himself Napoleon Emperor I at Notre Dame.
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Napoleon and his army defeat the Third Coalition, made up of Britain, Austria, and Russia.
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Crowned King of Italy.
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Russia won, Moscow burned, and Napoleon and his men suffered through a Russian winter.
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Napoleon was imprisoned and then exiled to the island of Saint Helena.
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Napoleon dies from stomach cancer.
