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Napoleon Bonaparte born in Ajaccio, Corsica
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Graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in the artillery
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For his courage at an internal French battle at Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of brigadier general
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Napoleon is imprisoned under suspicion of being a Jacobin and a supporter of Robespierre
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Royalist 13 Vendémiaire rising put down by Napoleon. Barras helps Napoleon win promotion to Commander of the Interior
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At the home of Paul François Barras, a Directory member, Napoleon meets Rose de Beauharnais (Josephine)
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Directory established
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Napoleon is given command of the French army in Italy
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Italian campaign against Austria begins
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Napoleon wins the Battle of Lodi
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Napoleon wins the Battle of Arcole
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Napoleon wins the Battle of Rivoli
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Treaty of Campo-Formio with Austria
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Napoleon returns to Paris as a hero
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Napoleon begins his Egyptian campaign with an army of 38,000
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Wins Battle of the Pyramids against Mamelukes in Egypt
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Fall of Cairo
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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
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Receiving news of turmoil in France, Napoleon relinquishes command in Egypt and returns to Paris
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Coup of Brumaire Napoleon overthrows the Directory
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Napoleon elected First Consul of the Directory
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Battle of Marengo
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Napoleon escapes an assassination attempt
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Treaty with Austria signed at Lunéville: Treaty of Lunéville
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Concordant of 1801
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Treaty of Amiens
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Napoleon restructures French educational system
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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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Introduction of the Civil Code (also known as Code Napoleon)
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Napoleon crowns himself Emperor, in the company of the Pope
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Battle of Ulm
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Battle of Trafalgar
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Battle of Austerlitz
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Napoleon names his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, king of Naples, and appoints other family members to various other posts
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Confederation of the Rhine, Napoleon as ‘protector’. Initially had 16 member states, later others added, including kingdoms of Saxony and Westphalia
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Prussia joins Britain and Russia against Napoleon
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Battle of Jena
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Battle of Auerstadt
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The Berlin Decree (1806), which initiated the Continental System was issued
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Battle of Eylau
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Battle of Friedland
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Treaty of Tilsit signed between Russia and France
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Napoleon and Spain divide Portugal through a secret treaty
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Imperial University established
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Spanish people rise up against France. Often referred to as Dos de Mayo Uprising
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Peninsular War
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Joseph crowned King of Spain, after Portugal revolts against the Continental System/Blockade Napoleon had put in place. Napoleon collected 5 armies to advance into Portugal and 'bullied' the Spanish royal family into resigning
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Battle of Raszyn
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Battle of Aspern-Essling
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Battle of Wagram - Success for Napoleon, Austria loses territory and must enforce the Continental System
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Treaty of Schönbrunn signed
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Napoleon's son born, referred to as the "King of Rome"
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Battle of Smolensk
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Moscow evacuated
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Battle of Borodino
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Napoleon arrives in Moscow to find the city abandoned and set alight by the inhabitants; retreating in the midst of a frigid winter, the army suffers great losses
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Beginning of the Great Retreat
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Grande Armée expelled from Russia
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Battle of Luneburg
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Battle of Sehestedt
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Six Days Campaign
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Battle of Paris
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Napoleon abdicates his rule and Louis XVIII, a Bourbon, is restored to the French throne
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Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814) Napoleon agrees to exile in Elba, the allies agree to pay his family a pension
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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
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Beginning of the Hundred Days
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Battle of Waterloo
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Restoration of Louis XVIII
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Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena
