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Napoleon Bonaparte born in Ajaccio, Corsica.
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Napoleon begins study at the royal military academy
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Enrolls in the Ecole Militaire
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Graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in the artillery.
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Paris mob storms the Bastille
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Napoleon is promoted to General of the Army of the West
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Stationed in Valence
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Defeated in the Battle of Waterloo by the British and Prussians, led by Wellington and Blucher
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Abdicates for the second time
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Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena