Graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in the artillery
Napoleon is given command of the French army in Italy
Paris mob storms the Bastille
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Louis XVI is dethroned
While in Paris with his regiment, Napoleon witnesses the storming of the Tuileries Palace and the dethroning of the French King, Louis XVI.
For his courage at an internal French battle at Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of brigadier general
Napoleon is promoted to General of the Army of the West
Napoleon marries Josephine
Napoleon wins the Battle of Lodi
Napoleon wins the Battle of Arcole
Napoleon wins the Battle of Rivoli
Napoleon draws up the Treaty of Campo-Formio with Austria
He returns to Paris a hero
Napoleon becomes First Consul of the new French government
Treaty with Austria signed at Luneville
Signing of the Concordat between France and Rome ends schism between the French government and the Catholic Church
Napoleon restructures French educational system
Senate proclaims Napoleon Emperor
New constitution adopted, making Napoleon First Consul for life
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Emperor of the France
Napoleon crowns himself Emperor in Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris
Napoleon is crowned king of Italy in Milan
Victory in the Battle of Austerlitz against Austria and Russia
Napoleon names his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, king of Naples, and appoints other family members to various other posts
Beginning of French occupation of Portugal
Divorces Josephine
Marries Marie-Louise, Archduchess of Austria
Napoleon's son born, referred to as the "King of Rome"
Grand Army enters Moscow to find the city abandoned and set aflame by the inhabitants; retreating in the midst of a frigid winter, the army suffers devastating losses
Napoleon returns to Paris
Paris falls
Senate proclaims end of the Empire; Napoleon's wife and son flee Paris.
Napoleon is exiled to Elba; his wife and son take refuge in Vienna
Napoleon rallies the French army
Louis XVIII flees, Napoleon takes control, begins "Hundred Days" campaign
