Napoleon Bonaparte's life By facebooker_861104674015766 Aug 15, 1769 Napoleon is born on Corsica Period: Aug 15, 1769 to May 6, 1821 Napoleons life May 15, 1779 Napoleon enters military school Oct 28, 1785 Napoleon graduates military school Apr 21, 1791 Haitian rebellion against France Aug 28, 1793 Napoleon forces the British out of Toulon Dec 22, 1793 Napoleon is made general Mar 9, 1796 Napoleon marries Josephine Jul 1, 1798 Napoleon invades Egypt Jul 26, 1799 Napoleons army discovers the Rosetta Stone Nov 9, 1799 Napoleon is made first council of France Jul 15, 1801 Concord ant of 1801 restores the Catholic Church into France Apr 30, 1803 Napoleon sells the U.S. the Louisiana purchase Mar 4, 1804 The napoleonic code is created Dec 2, 1804 Napoleon is crowned emperor Oct 21, 1805 French fleet is destroyed at the battle of trafalgar Dec 2, 1805 Battle of austerlitz Dec 14, 1809 Divorced Josephine Apr 2, 1810 Napoleon is remarried to Marie Louise Mar 20, 1811 Napoleons son Napoleon II is born Jun 24, 1812 Napoleon invades Russia May 4, 1814 Napoleon is exiled to elba Mar 20, 1815 Napoleon escapes Elba Mar 27, 1815 Napoleon reclaims his throne beginning the 100 days Jun 20, 1815 Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo May 6, 1821 Napoleon dies on St. Helena