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He was born on the island of Corsica (France), into a family of the nobility. -
He entered the Royal Military School in Paris where he studied artillery. -
He married Josefina de Beauharnais, most be called empress of France. -
He fails in the conquest of Syria and returns to France. Take power in France through a coup. He is appointed First Consul, with what happened to be the main ruler of France, with dictatorial powers. -
The Confederation of the Rhine is created, under the protectorate of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine). -
The French invasion of Spanish territory, generated the imposition, by Napoleon Bonaparte, of a replacement to the Spanish king Fernando VII. -
He married María Luisa of Austria, daughter of Emperor Francisco I of Austria and his wife María Teresa de las Dos Sicilias. -
The biggest armed confrontation of all the Napoleonic wars begins and the most important battle lost by Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. He is arrested by the British and banished to the island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic. -
He died of stomach cancer, on the island of Santa Elena.