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Watt patents the steam engine (dates unknown) -
Napoleon Born
Napoleon Bonaparte was born Napoleon Buonaprte ,before they changed the spelling, in the Corsican city of Ajaccio. Napoleon was the fourth of 11 children (Encyclopedia.com) -
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Napoleons Life
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(date Unknown: winter) the boston massacre -
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(date unknown) start of the american revolution -
Schooling
(day not known) Napoleon was sent off to military school with his brother Joseph. It is in this key time that Napolon will learn the strategies of his military career. -
The Siege of Toulon
(day and month unkown: was in spring) Napoloean joined the siege after comming back to France from Corsica. It is here that Napoleon will make a name for himself on the national scale after he was put in charge of the artillery in the siege.He dislodged the British from Toulon and was promoted to Brigadier General -
Riots
Napoleon being instructed to defend the Tuileries, he had his men assemble to put down a riot of 13 Vendemiaire by unhesitatingly fire grape shot at the crowed. This small skirmish earned him the rank of Commander of the Army of the Interior
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starting from 1762 Catherine II of Russia turns Russia into one of the worlds largest super powers ( Dates unknown) -
Marriage
In the winter of 1795 Napoleon met the former Mademoiselle Tascher de la Pagerie or Josephine,Married Napleon in March and 2 days after the ceremony Napoleon left to take up command at the head of the army of Italy -
A new Reign
After several Military campaigns, Napoleon returns to France where the political situation causes it to bhe ripe for the taking.After consulting with allies Napoleon overthrew the government and was named First Consul and given dictatorial powers ( Castelot) -
The begining of an Empire
By 1802 Napoleon was France's most popular dictator and was given the title First Consul for life and had the right to name his succesor. The establishment of the empire in in 1805 changed little rules about the government and and the major change was the names of titles (Guerard) -
The Fall
After many failed military campaigns against the allied armies (England, Prussia, and Russia) Napoleon was forced to abdicate his throne and was forced into exile at the island of Elba ( Encyclopedia Britanica Online) -
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Eruption of Tambora Volcano " year without summer" follows -
Waterloo
After escaping Elba, Napoleon traveled back to Fance with 1050 soldiers and was unopposed. There he reinstated himself as emperor. However the allied forces were arming himselves and he was forced back into war. The battle of waterloo was by far his worst defeat due to being defeated bvy the combined forces of the allies. After this he was exiled again to St. Helena ( Schlesinger) -
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(dates unknown) Italy conquers Egypt, this is accomplished by Alessandro Napoleoni -
Death
After being exiled to St. Helena, Napoleon slowly died of cancer
