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Napoleon was born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. He was only the second surviving child of four.
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At the age of 15, Napoleon enters Ecole Militaire school in Paris.
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The Bastille represented the royal authority of Paris at the time. On the morning of July 14th 1789 its storming was a message to the authorities of Paris.
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Napoleon is promoted to Brigadier General in theh French army during the French Revolution.
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An agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII that lasted until 1905.
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This was a vote to make Napoleon First Counsul, giving him most of the power in the french government.
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The Louisiana purchase was the largest land purchase of the time, almost doubling the size of the United states.
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Napoleon crowned himself the emperor of France and is later crowned the king of Italy.
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A blockade that proclaimed that neutrals and french allies were not to trade wih the British.
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Napoleon the second , he was called the king of rome by his father.
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He was exiled to Elba after the rest of Europe unites against him.
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He returns to France to fight again for his throne at the battle of Waterloo.
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Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo by the Duke of Welliington, ending a Napoleonic Era.
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Napoleon is exiled once again to St Helena after escaping from Elba.
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He dies while in exile. There is a rumor that he was poisoned, but it is most likely that he had stomach cancer.
