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Napoleon was given command of artillery at the siege of Toulon. The success of the siege led to his promotion to General.
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Napoleon is given command of the division of the French army devoted to fighting Italy.
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Napoleon leads the "Armee d'Italie" into the first successful French Invasion of Italy.
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Napoleon shifts the French war front to Egypt.
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Napoleon captures Alexandria.
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Napoleon defeats the Mamalukes, who outnumbered him, at Giza.
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Napoleon's dreams for the Middle-East are dashed when British general Horatio Nelson repels him from Egypt.
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Napoleon is nearly routed at the Battle of Marengo, but one of his generals saves him with reinforcements. The general dies for his troubles.
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Napoleon is proclaimed Emperor of France,
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Napoleon gives his brother, Joseph, kingship of Naples and Sicily.
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Napoleon names his other brother, Louis, king of Holland,
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Napoleon tricks the Spanish into letting his troops into the country under the guise of peace. He then turns on them from the inside and conquers much of Spain in an extremely short time.
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Madrid surrenders to Napoleon.
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The Pope of the time (Pius VII) excommunicates Napoleon for conquering land that belonged to the Catholic Church,
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Napoleon initiates his ill-fated invasion of Russia.
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Napoleon wins a battle at Borodino, taking extremely heavy losses. This defeat causes the Russians to retreat past Moscow.
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Napoleon enters the already-burning Moscow.
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Napoleon enters the already-burning Moscow.
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Napoleon's enemies (including Prussia, Russia, Austria, Sweden, and the UK) band together and defeat him at Waterloo.
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Napoleon, his spirit crushed, abdicates his throne in favor of his son.
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Napoleon is stripped of everything but his official title and is exiled to the Island of Elba, where he spent the rest of his days.
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