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He was born in Ajaccio, France.
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He enters cadet school at Brienne-le-Château. This is after attending a religious school and is located in Brienne.
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Occurred in Paris, France early in the day. The Bastille was a medieval fotress which represented royal authority in the center of Pais, but Napolen did not really have anything to do with it.
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For his courage at an internal French battle at Toulon, Napoleon receives the new ranking.
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Napoleon falsely persuaded the Councils that a Jacobin coup was at hand in Paris which made them leave for safety. This was followed by Napoleon becoming First Consul of the new French government.
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Agreement signed between Napoleon and the pope seeking national reconciliation among all citizens. Worked to restore civil status in France.
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The Tribunat voted unanimously in favor of the Life Consulship of Napoleon. The entire Corps Législatif except for three members were in favor of this.
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Napoleon hoped to re-establish an empire in North America in 1800 by regaining ownership of Louisiana. His dream ended up failing, so he decided to sell Louisiana to the United States
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He crowned himself emporer, being the first one in France for a thousand years. Napoleon was only thiry-five, and the pope handed him the crown, but did not actually approve of Napoleon gaining power.
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He designed a blockade to paralyze Great Britain through the destruction of British trade. Stated that nuetrals and French allies were not to trade with the British.
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The French Empire was collapsing and Austria had raised exile at the time of Napoleon II's birth. He was the only son of Napoleon Bonaparte, raised in a foreign country, and studied hard to be a soldier, but was prevented from ever serving and died young.
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Napoleon was thrown off thrown, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished by Alexander to the Mediterranean island of Elba. The cause of this was because of a rejected offer of Napoleon to step down in favor of his son after his broken forces gave up.
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Napoleon managed to sneak past his guards and somehow escape Elba, slip past interfering with a British ship, and return to France. Upon his arival, people and troops began to rally due to his return.
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Battle took place in Belgium marking Napoleon's final defeat. This defeate by the British and Prussians signaled the end of his reign and the end of France’s domination in Europe.
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Britain sent him to the remote island of Saint Helena, in the South Pacific. Napoleon protested this punishment wildly, but there was nothing he could do-he was, once again, exiled.
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Napoleon dies of stomch cancer.