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Napoleon is born
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After his father's death, Napoleon must complete a two year course in one year, and goes on to graduate as an artillery officer.
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After going from luetinant to commander to general, Napoleon becomes leader of the French army. He goes on to win the war in Italy over the next year
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Napoleon is put in command of an army training to invade Britain, though he knows they would not be able to pull it off. Instead, he decides to attack Egypt, one of Britain's territories.
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Seeing that defeat in Egypt by the British navy is unavoidable, Napoleon abandons his army and returm to France
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Upon returning to France, Napoleon seizes power in a Coup d'etat, or "military takeover." He then set up a new government called the Consulate. While it was a republic in theory, Napoleon actually held absolute power.
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The Catholic Church has lost a lot of land in the revolution, and had become an enemy of the government. To establich peace, Napoleon struck a deal. He would proclaim catholisism as the religion of the majority of the Frech people, and the Church would not try any longer to regain its lost land.
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After being appointed as Consulate for life in 1802, Napoleon takes it a step further and crowns himself Emperor Napoleon I.
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Napoleon introduced the civil code, or Napoleonic code, which preserved many of the rights the Revolutionaries has fought for, including religous freedom, equality of all citizens preserved, and the choice of one's own profession. It was, however, a step back for most women.
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Napoleon had no choice but to invade Russia, for they refused to join his Continental system. When he invaded Russi with 600,000 men, Napoleon lost many, many lives to starvation, cold, and lack of supplies. This led to a crippled Fench army of fewer than 40,000 men.
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By 1812, Napoleon had conquered many states in Europe, including Spain, Italy, and had allied France with Austria, Prussia, Denmark and Norway. There were several enemies of Napoleon however, including Russia, Britain, and Sweden.
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When Napoleon returned to France after his first exile, he was again attacked by the allied Europen nations, and exiled for good to the island of St. Helena
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Napoleon dies of stomach cancer after remaining in exile for 7 years
