Napoleon Timeline

  • The Egyptian Campaign πŸ”΄

    The Egyptian Campaign πŸ”΄
    Hoping to disrupt British trade with Indian, he led an expedition to Egypt in 1798. The Egyptian campiagn proved to be a disaster, but Napoleon managed to hide stories of the worst losses from his admirers in France.
  • Napoleon as the French Consulate 🟒

    Napoleon as the French Consulate 🟒
    At the time since there was no king the consulate was the highest power that was able to offered and at the time there where only three consuls, Napoleon who wielded all real power, while the other two, Emanuel-Joseph Sieyès and Pierre-Roger Ducks were only figure heads.
  • Banque de France 🟒

    Banque de France 🟒
    This was established by Napoleon to rebuild the French empior after the revolution period.
  • The Italian campaign 🟑

    The Italian campaign 🟑
    This campaign was a series of conflicts between the French revolutionary armed and Austria, Russia, Piedmont-Sardinia, and a number of Italian states.
  • Concordat of 1801 🟒

    Concordat of 1801 🟒
    This kept the Church under state control but recognized religious freedom for Catholics.
  • Consul for Life 🟒

    Consul for Life 🟒
    After overthrowing the weak Directory and set up a three-man governing board known as the Consulate in 1799. Then in 1802 he declared himself as Consul for Life.
  • Declared self emperor 🟒

    Declared self emperor 🟒
    Two years after declareing himself as the consul for life, he had enough power to assume the title of Emperor of the French.
  • Napoleonic Code 🟒

    Napoleonic Code 🟒
    This code embodied Enlightenment principles such as equality of all citizens before the law, religious tolerance, and abolition of feudalism. It also undid some reforms of the French Revolution. Woman lost newly gained rights and could not exercise the rights of citizenship.
  • Battle of Trafalgar πŸ”΄

    Battle of Trafalgar πŸ”΄
    A naval battle between the British royal fleet and the combined fleet of French and Spain.
  • Abolished Holy Roman Empire 🟒

    Abolished Holy Roman Empire 🟒
    As Napoleon gained more and more power he claimed more allies and was able to overthrow the Holy Roman Empire in 1806
  • Continental System 🟑

    Continental System 🟑
    This system waged economic warfare, which closed European ports to British goods.
  • Invasion of Russia 🟑

    Invasion of Russia 🟑
    Napoleon continued his pursuit of European domination and invaded Russia. This campaign began a chain of events that eventually led to his downfall.
  • Battle of Nations at Leipzig πŸ”΄

    Battle of Nations at Leipzig πŸ”΄
    This was a battle between France against Austria, Russia, and Prussia. Which ended in a French loss of territory control east off the Rhine.
  • Resistance in Spain πŸ”΄

    Resistance in Spain πŸ”΄
    Resistance to foreign rule bled French-occupying forces dry in Spain. Napoleon introduced reforms that sought to undermine the Spanish Catholic Church. But many Spaniards remained loyal to their former king and devoted to the Church. When the Spanish resisted the invaders, well-armed French forces responded with brutal repression
  • Napoleon abdicates briefly πŸ”΄

    Napoleon abdicates briefly πŸ”΄
    Napoleon stepped down from power. The victors exiled him to Elba, an island in the Mediterranean. They then recognized Luis XVIII, brother of Luis XVI, as king.
  • Hundred Days 🟒

    Hundred Days 🟒
    These where the days after Napoleons escape from exile and people where happy for his arrival.
  • Battle at Waterloo πŸ”΄

    Battle at Waterloo πŸ”΄
    Opposing armies met near the town of water loo in Belgium. British forces under the Duke of Wellington and a Prussian army commanded by General BlΓΌcher crushed the French in an agonizing day-long battle.