napoleon bonaparte

  • Napoleon Bonaparte born in Ajaccio, Corsica

  • Napoleon begins study at the royal military academy

  • Napoleon escapes an assassination attempt

  • Treaty of Amiens signed with Britain

  • Napoleon restructures French educational system

  • New constitution adopted, making Napoleon First Consul for life

  • France sells Louisiana territory to U.S.

  • England violates Treaty of Amiens

  • Divorces Josephine

  • Napoleon abdicates his rule and Louis XVIII, a Bourbon, is restored to the French throne

  • Defeated in the Battle of Waterloo by the British and Prussians, led by Wellington and Blucher

  • Napoleon dies