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Napoleon Childhood
The famous French leader Napoleon was born in corsica , August 15, 1769. He was part of a Italian nobel family that included 8 siblings and belonged to the Second Estate. The time period in which he was born Corsica was controlled by the French. -
Napo in the military academy
When Napoleon was little he entered the military academy and graduates, 1777. In the military academy Napoleon was promoted because of his hard work in the Roy military Academy.Napoleon was one of the best soldiers and he was later named captain. -
Napoleon first rank
The first rank that Napoleon received was 1st Lieutenant, April 1, 1791 after he graduate from the military academy. Napoleon was one of the best soldiers and that's how he got promoted. He later was promoted to commander and became one of the most important rulers in the french revolution. -
Napoleon Brigadier General
He received the rank was Brigadier general, December 22, 1793 he became one of the most important rulers of France. He started to gain power slowly by dominating countries little by little. He became very successful during this rank because of his different accomplishments. -
Napoleon save Revolutionary government
He save the Revolutionary government from pro-king loyalists forces who attempted to put nobility back in power. 1795 This was a very important event of the french revolution because it was when the powerful people wanted to put nobility in power again. -
Napoleon led Italian Army
Napoleon marched back to Italy and defeated the Austrians again by reorganizing his army. He was successful in this battle as he now had a full power as first consul. After this victory Napoleon was loved very much throughout France. 1796 -
Treaty of Campo Formio
Napoleon signed one of the most important treaties, the Treaty of Campo Formio, 1797. That Napoleon signed the treaty with Philip Von Cobenzl which made the british fight alone against the french army. The treaty gave the french Austrian territory and also to declare peace between them. -
French directory is overthrown
The French directory is overthrown by a group of people in which Napoleon was involved with. Napoleon was named First Consul, along other members who were named in positions below him. This title gives Napoleon the leading political figure in France, he was the head of the government.1799 -
Napoleon established laws
Napoleon later established a set of laws that were very liberal. This system of laws was called the Napoleonic code. This was a new system in French law which made Napoleon’s viewpoints very clear.1804 -
Napoleon crowned emperor of France
Napoleon was crowned emperor of France in the Notre Dame capital.He crowned himself emperor, and was crowned by the pope. This established the power of Napoleon superior than the power of the church. 1804 -
First Defeats in Military Career.
Napoleon started to receive his first defeats in his military career. This was a naval battle, the Battle of Trafalgar, this was a major battle. This naval battle had more significance than any other land battle. October 14, 1806 -
Napoleon’s second costly mistake
The Peninsula war was one of Napoleon’s second costly mistakes. This was because Napoleon tried to make Portugal to accept the continental system, he sent an invasion force to Spain. He outhroned the king of Spain and put his own brother which upsetted the people of Spain, and later France suffered many attacks. May 2, 1808 -
Napoleon conquered some Empires
During the first decade of the 1800’s, Napoleon had conquered many empires. The only empires free from Napoleon’s control were Britain, Portugal, Sweden, and the Ottoman Empire. Napoleon also had conquered many independent countries by 1812 -
Napoleon invades Russia
The invasion of Russia is considered one of Napoleon’s worst mistakes he ever made. The invasion was later called the Patriotic War of 1812 that took place in June 24 in the Neman river. The fight was a disaster because the Russians refused to work with Napoleon’s army so the French army decided to go into Russian interior and they did not had enough supplies nor the distribution networks. -
Napoleon Russian Campaign
On September 7, 1812 Napoleon’s Russian campaign finally took place in the battle of borodino. After some time of fighting the Russians let Napoleon advance to Moscow and seven days later the city was in flames and Alexander instead of letting the French dominate the city of Moscow he decided to destroy it. After that Napoleon stayed in the destroyed city of Moscow until mid October when he decided to go back to France. -
The Alliance against Napoleon
All of Napoleon’s enemies decided to rebel against him so they made a alliance in March 30 1814. They decided to attack France while it was weak because the French army was in Russia. Napoleon Surrender because his government was not prepared to fight back against the enemies that were evading France. -
Napoleon’s regain of power
Later the Hundred day battle started which was When King Louie started to have many problems and Napoleon decided to benefit and gain power again. Napoleon decided to escape Elba on March 1 , 1815 and many of volunteers decided to join his army when he came back to Paris. Napoleon became emperor of France and his enemies prepared their armies to ally against him. -
Napoleon’s END
In June 18 1815 Napoleon attacked the british but the British and the Prussian decided to fight back against France. The defeat finished Napoleon’s last piece of power and they send him to St. Helena. Napoleon died in 1821 of a stomach ailment.
