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The Italian Campaign was a sequence of battles fought in Northern Italy. During this campaign, Napoleon led the French to victory and conquered much of Italy. -
Napoleon tries to capture territory in Egypt and Syria. The campaign ended with defeat and the withdrawal of French troops from Egypt. -
Napoleon created the Banque de France to help revive the economy of France after the Revolution. -
A success for Napoleon, the Concordat of 1801 signed by Pope Pius VII ended church reforms in France and re-established the Catholic Church. -
Napoleon is declared First Consul For Life. -
A series of laws and codes put in place that gave men superiority, rid women of rights, and organized many branches of the government. -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France, and his wife Josephine as empress. -
A loss for Napoleon, the Battle of Trafalgar was a naval battle between the British and Spanish-French navies. Britain won as they had more experience and power. -
The Continental System, also known as the Continental Blockade, prohibited all trade with Britain as an attempt by Napoleon to weaken Britain’s economy. -
Emperor Francis II of Austria abdicated after defeat to France. This is the end of the Holy Roman Empire and a great accomplishment for the French Revolution. -
The Spanish begin to resist French rule. This lasted until Napoleon’s defeat in 1814. -
Napoleon decides to invade Russia in an attempt to stop Tsar Alexander I from trading with Britain. The Russians defeat Napoleon, and he is exiled to Elba. -
Armies from Russia, Prussia, Sweden, and Austria defeat Napoleon in the city of Leipzig. This caused the end of the power the French had left in Germany and Poland. -
The Hundred Days is the period of time when Napoleon was not exiled in Elba and whenLouis XVIII returned to Paris. -
The Battle of Waterloo was fought between Napoleon’s army and coalition between the Duke of Wellington and Marshal Blücher. This put a permanent end to Napoleon’s power and French attempts to control Europe.