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Napoleon Timeline
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Birth of Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajacci, Corsica -
Napoleon Graduates
• October 28: Graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in the artillery.
• November 3: Stationed in Valence -
Napoleon wins battle and gets promoted
• December 22: For his courage at an internal French battle at Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of brigadier general -
Napoleon Imprisoned
• August 9–20: Napoleon is imprisoned under suspicion of being a Jacobin and a supporter of Robespierre. -
Napoleon meets Josephine/ Directory is established
• October: Royalist 13 Vendémiaire rising put down by Napoleon. Barras helps Napoleon win promotion to Commander of the Interior.
• October 15: At the home of Paul François Barras, a Directory member, Napoleon meets Rose de Beauharnais (Josephine)
• 2 November: Directory established -
Napoleon is Given command
• March 2: Napoleon is given command of the French army in Italy
• March 11: Italian campaign against Austria begins
• May 10: Napoleon wins the Battle of Lodi
• November 17: Napoleon wins the Battle of Arcole -
Napoleon wins battle
• January 14: Napoleon wins the Battle of Rivoli
• October 17: Treaty of Campo-Formio with Austria.
• December 5: Napoleon returns to Paris as a hero -
Napoleon begins Egyptian Campaign
• May 19: Napoleon begins his Egyptian campaign with an army of 38,000
• July 21: Wins Battle of the Pyramids against Mamelukes in Egypt
• July 24: Fall of Cairo -
Napoleon returns to Paris
• August 23: Receiving news of turmoil in France, Napoleon relinquishes command in Egypt and returns to Paris
• November 9–10: Coup of Brumaire Napoleon overthrows the Directory.
• December 12: Napoleon elected First Consul of the Directory. -
Battle of Marengo
• June 14: Battle of Marengo.
• December 24: Napoleon escapes an assassination attempt -
Treaty of Austria signed
• February 9: Treaty with Austria signed at Lunéville: Treaty of Lunéville.
• Concordant of 1801.
• July 8: Battle of Algeciras. -
Treaty of Amiens
• March 25: Treaty of Amiens.
• May 1: Napoleon restructures French educational system
• May 19: Legion of Honour established
• August 2: New constitution adopted, plebiscite confirms Napoleon as First Consul for life
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Civil Code
• March 21: Introduction of the Civil Code (also known as Code Napoleon)
• May: Napoleon proclaimed Emperor by the Senate.
• December 2: Napoleon crowns himself Emperor, in the company of the Pope. -
Many Battles
• October 19: Battle of Ulm.
• October 21: Battle of Trafalgar.
Lord Admiral Nelson Killed.
• October 30: Battle of Caldiero.
• December 2: Battle of Austerlitz. -
Napoleon responsilbility
• March 30: Napoleon names his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, king of Naples, and appoints other family members to various other posts
• July 12: Confederation of the Rhine, Napoleon as ‘protector’. Initially had 16 member states, later others added, including kingdoms of Saxony and Westphalia
• Holy Roman Empire abolished
• September 15: Prussia joins Britain and Russia against Napoleon
• October 14: Battle of Jena
• October 14: Battle of Auerstadt.
• November 21: The Berlin Decree (1806), which in -
Batlles and treatys
• February 8: Battle of Eylau.
• June 14: Battle of Friedland.
• June 25: Treaty of Tilsit signed between Russia and France.
• October : Napoleon and Spain divide Portugal through a secret treaty -
Spain rises
March 17: Imperial University established
May 2: Spanish people rise up against France. Often referred to as Dos de Mayo Uprising.
July 7: Joseph crowned King of Spain, after Portugal revolts against the Continental System/Blockade Napoleon had put in place. Napoleon collected 5 armies to advance into Portugal and 'bullied' the Spanish royal family into resigning.
Peninsular War -
More battles and success for Napoleon
July 5–6: Battle of Wagram - Success for Napoleon, Austria loses territory and must enforce the Continental System
April 19: Battle of Raszyn.
May 22: Battle of Aspern-Essling.
October 14: Treaty of Schönbrunn signed. -
Napoleons son is born
March 20: Napoleon's son born, referred to as the "King of Rome" -
Battle of Smolensk and more to come !
August 4–6: Battle of Smolensk.
September 1: Moscow evacuated.
September 7, 1812: Battle of Borodino.
September 14: Napoleon arrives in Moscow to find the city abandoned and set alight by the inhabitants; retreating in the midst of a frigid winter, the army suffers great losses.
October 19: Beginning of the Great Retreat.
October 24: Battle of Maloyaroslavets.
November: Crossing of the River Berezina.
December: Grande Armée expelled from Russia -
Over 18 Battles form
April 2: Battle of Luneburg
May 2: Battle of Lützen.
May 20–21: Battle of Bautzen.
June 4–26: Armistice of Poischwitz.
June 21: Battle of Vitoria.
August 15: Siege of Danzig.
August 23: Battle of Großbeeren.
August 26–27: Battle of Dresden.
August 26: Battle of Katzbach.
August 27: Battle of Hagelberg
August 29–30: Battle of Kulm.
September 6: Battle of Dennewitz.
September 16: Battle of the Göhrde.
September 28: Battle of Altenburg.
October 3: Battle of Wartenburg.
October 14: Battle of Liebert -
Campaign
February 10–14: Six Days Campaign.
March 30–31: Battle of Paris.
April 4: Napoleon abdicates his rule and Louis XVIII, a Bourbon, is restored to the French throne
April 11: Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814) Napoleon agrees to exile in Elba, the allies agree to pay his family a pension.
May 4: Napoleon is exiled to Elba; his wife and son take refuge in Vienna -
Napoleon exiled to Saint Helena
February 20: Napoleon escapes from Elba.
March 20: Napoleon arrives in Paris.
Beginning of the Hundred Days
June 18: Battle of Waterloo.
June 28: Restoration of Louis XVIII
October 16: : Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena
