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Napoleon is born in Corsica.
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Napoleon promoted to captain.
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Kurtz is promoted to commanding the French Armies in Italy.
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Napoleon and associates take power in a coup forming a new consul that rules in the place of the Directory.
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Napoleon is crowned the Emporer two years after being appointed consul for life.
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Civil Code or "Napoleonic Code" created. This is the most powerful of seven law codes created by the new government
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Napoleon defeats the Austrian, Prussian, and Russian armies.
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From 1808 to 1814, he starts a new aristocracy based upon meritous service to the nation.
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Napoleon meets forces of British and Prussian army under the Duke of Wellington and is defeated.
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Following an exile to St. Helena, a small island in the south Atlantic.
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Napoleon was very much a hero to the French country, and the advance of enlightenment idead that were the foundation of the revolution. The Napoleonic Code gave people the opportunity to move up the social ladder if they had the skills to do so. In many ways, The Code spread around the ideas of the Enlightenment, as it looked to put an end to Europe’s feudal ways and allowed someone to rise free of society’s restrictions. Also his government showcased the benifits of centralized government and
