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Napoleon was born August 15, 1769 on an island called Corsica.
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Napoleon joined military school in 1778 at the age of 9.
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Napoleon was a Lieutenant when he was 20 years old, this was during the French Revolution that broke out in 1789.
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During 1789 there was an Egyptian Campaign which had attempted to block British Trade, but it was a failure.
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napoleon becomes a military leader and has access during the Battle of Toulon in France during 1793
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During 1799 Napoleon was raised up to a Political Leader from a Military General.
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1799 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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1802 Napoleon wrote a new French constitution and took the title of first consul for life
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1804 Napoleon creates the title, "emperor of France" and took the crown out of the popes hands during the coronation.
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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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Napoleon tries to improve domestic issues such as controlling prices encouraging new industry, building new roads and canals, setting up public schools, made peace with the catholic church, and won support from all classes
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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, which failed.
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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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Military annexations that built French Nationalism were conquering the Netherlands, Belgium, parts of Italy and Germany, parts of Russia, parts of Portland, and placed his brother in power in Spain "Joseph Napoleon".
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1815 Napoleon escapes 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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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 Europe" to build an alliance system and keep peace between European nations.
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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 once again to be exiled on the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic.
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napoleon set up his most famous reform known as the Napoleonic code that represented Enlightenment ideas and equality for all citizens before the law, religious toleration, and the abolition of feudalism.
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1821 Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile on St. Helena in the South Atlantic.