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Napoleon's life
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Military School
Napoléon a etudié à l'ecole militaire à Paris. Il est devenu soldat et a joint un regiment à Valence. -
Storming of the Bastille
Un grand group de personnes a attaqué la Bastille et ont libéré les sept prisoners. -
Napoleon suspended
Napoléon est suspendu de ses positions de l'armée pour suspicion d'aider les frères robspierre. -
Refuses Promotion
Napoleon refused the advancement of rank to General of infantry, wanting to stay with his current artillery brigade and was forced to go on leave without pay. -
Marriage
Napoléon s'est marié avec sa deuxième femme, Joséphine de Beauharnais en 1796. Elle est la fille d'un fermier de sucre pauvre. Quand Napoléon a dirigé France, elle est devenue l'empresse. -
Coup
Napoléon as lancé un coup d'état contre le gouvernement français, et était le premier consul de la république. -
Louisiana Purchase
Napoléon a vendu la Louisiana du gouvernement des États-Unis. Il l'a vendu pour 86 million francs pour 828 miles du terre. Il a utilisé l'argent pour les guerres en Europe. -
Crowned Emperor
Napoleon ended the consolate and crowned himself Emperor at the Notre Dame in Paris. Pope Pius VII handed him the crown and Napoleon placed it on his own head and then he crowned Joséphine empress. -
Treaty of Tilsit
After the French "victory" in the battle of Friedland, Czar Alexander I and Napoleon sign the Treaty of Tilsit. This event occured largely on Alexander not joining Napoleons "Continental System." This system includes many foreign concepts to most European nations, although the main goal of this system is to enact a trade embargo on Great Britain. -
Annulment
During their marriage, Joséphine had never given Napoleon an heir for his throne, so Napoleon had their marriage annulled. He later married Marie Louise, an Austrian duchess. -
Grande Armée marched to Moscow
An army of 500,000 soldiers marched to take the Russian capital evacuated of its 275,000 inhabitants. The army took refuge on the outskirts of town, within hours Russian insurgents engulfed the city in flames leaving the army no where to take shelter during the harsh Russian winter. By the time the Grand Armee returned, they had suffered loses of almost 400,000 men. -
The Hundred Days
After being exiled to Elba, Napoleon snuck back into France and raised an army. The armies of Wellington and Blucher defeated him in battle and he was exiled again. This time, he was forced to go to Saint Helena, where he died in 1821
