Napolean begins study at the royal military academy Age 9
Graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in artillery, Age 16
Paris mob storms the Bastille. Beginning of French Revolution.
5) December 22, 1793: ·For courage and military ingenuity at an internal French battle at Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of brigadier general; age 24.
Napoleon marries Josephine
Following a coup d'etat, Napoleon becomes First Consul of the new French government.
Signing of the Concordat between France and Rome ends schism between the French government and the Catholic Church.
9) August 4, 1802: ·New constitution adopted, making Napoleon First Consul for life.
France sells Louisiana territory to U.S.
Senate proclaims Napoleon Emperor.
Napoleon crowns himself Emperor in Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris
Napoleon creates the Grand Duchy of Warsaw (Poland), to be overseen by France; Continental system created.
Divorces Josephine.
Marries Marie-Louise, Archduchess of Austria.
Napoleon returns to Paris.
Anti-French coalition army enters France.
Paris falls.
Senate proclaims end of the Empire; Napoleon's wife and son flee Paris.
Napoleon abdicates his rule and Louis XVIII, a Bourbon, is restored to the French throne
Napoleon is exiled to Elba; his wife and son take refuge in Vienna
Escaping Elba, Napolean returns in South France raliles the French Troops
Louis XVIII flees, Napolean take control, begins Hungred Days campaign
Louis XVIII flees, Napoleon takes control, begins "Hundred Days" campaign