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Birth
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Graduation
Napoleon graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in the artillery. -
Stationed in Valence
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New rank
For his brilliant tactical command (although a subordinate officer, he was widely credited for the victory) at an internal French battle at Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of brigadier general -
Prison
Napoleon is imprisoned under suspicion of being a Jacobin and a supporter of Robespierre. -
Promotion
Royalist 13 Vendémiaire rising put down by Napoleon. Barras helps Napoleon win promotion to Commander of the Interior -
Directory established
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Becoming a hero
After several battles Napoleon returns to Paris as a hero. -
Egyptian campaign
Napoleon begins his Egyptian campaign with an army of 38,000 -
End of the navy
Under the command of Admiral Nelson, the British fleet destroys the French navy in the Battle of the Nile. Napoleon's army is cut off from supplies and communication. -
Napoleon elected First Consul of the Consulate
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Napoleon escapes an assassination attempt
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Legion of Honour established
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New constitution adopted, plebiscite confirms Napoleon as First Consul for life
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Napoleon restructures French educational system
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Napoleon sells the Louisiana territory to the U.S.
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Introduction of the Civil Code (also known as Napoleon Code)
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Napoleon crowns himself emperor, in the company of the Pope
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Family first
Napoleon names his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, king of Naples, and appoints other family members to various other posts -
Napoleon and Spain divide Portugal through a secret treaty
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First defeat in years
Battle of Aspern-Essling - first defeat of Napoleon in 10 years -
End of marriage
Public announcement of Napoleon's divorce from Joséphine -
New marriage
Napoleon officially marries Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma in Paris -
Napoleon II, Napoleon's son born, referred to as the "King of Rome
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Napoleon abdicates his rule and Louis XVIII, a Bourbon, is restored to the French throne
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Napoleon is exiled to Elba; his wife and son take refuge in Vienna
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Napoleon escapes from Elba
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Napoleon arrives in Paris Beginning of the Hundred Days
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Restoration of Louis XVIII
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Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena
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Napoleon dies