Napoleon

By adfleetwood

  • Birth of Napoleon

  • Becomes officer in French artillery

    He got his start in military

  • Becomes a General in the French Army

    Napoleon becomes commander in chief

  • Napoleon becomes head of the French state, establishes the consulate

    One of the most important time periods in French History

  • Concordat signed

    Sought nation reconciliation between revolutionaries

  • First Consul for Life

    Napoleon made himself Consul of Life

  • Napoleonic Code

    Forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified.

  • Emperor of The French

    Napoleon made himself Emperor of France

  • Trafalgar

    Battle in which the British smashed the French Fleet

  • “Continental System”

    closing of European ports to British ships

  • Campaign in Russia

    French were defeated while invading Russia

  • Elba

    Location of Napoleon’s First Exile

  • Congress of Vienna

    to create a lasting peace by establishing a balance of power and protecting the system of monarchy after Napoleon

  • Waterloo

    Location of Napoleon's final defeat

  • St. Helena

    Final place Napoleon was exiled

  • Death of Napoleon