Napoleon Timeline

  • Egyptian Campaign

    Egyptian Campaign

    Green: Captured the port of Malta and eluded the British fleet with 35000 soldiers.
  • Italian Campaign

    Italian Campaign

    Green: The French army was severely out numbered but prevailed within two weeks.
  • Consul for Life

    Consul for Life

    Green: Napoleon gave himself more power.
  • Consulate

    Consulate

    Yellow: started in 1799 the consulate created three executive consuls which Napoleon abolished in 1804.
  • Banque de France

    Banque de France

    Green: A bank created to help restore the financial issues in France.
  • Concordat of 1801

    Concordat of 1801

    Green: Ended the breach caused by Catholic reforms during the French Revolution.
  • Resistance in Spain

    Resistance in Spain

    Red: Uprisings against Napoleon.
  • Napoleonic Code

    Napoleonic Code

    Green: Gave France its first set of set laws and rights.
  • Napoleon Crowned Emperor

    Napoleon Crowned Emperor

    Green: Napoleon is the first emperor in France in over a thousand years.
  • Battle of Trafalgar

    Battle of Trafalgar

    Red: The British fleet defeats the French and Spanish fleet. Destroyed 19 enemy ships. No British ships were lost.
  • Abolished Holy Roman Empire

    Abolished Holy Roman Empire

    Green: Napoleon conquers the Holy Roman Empire in 1806
  • Continental System

    Continental System

    Yellow: A blockade designed to keep the French from trading with the British.
  • Invasion of Russia

    Invasion of Russia

    Red: The French army has to retreat from Moscow.
  • Battle of Nations at Leipzig

    Battle of Nations at Leipzig

    Red: Decisive loss for Napoleon resulting in the destruction of French power.
  • Abdication

    Abdication

    Red: Napoleon gives up the throne and is banished to the island of Elba.
  • Hundred Days

    Hundred Days

    Green: A time period through July 8 where Napoleon returned to and marched on Paris.
  • Waterloo

    Waterloo

    Red: this was Napoleon’s final defeat which took place in Belgium.