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Napoleon's Lifetime-
August 15, 1769: Napoleon Bonaparte born in Ajaccio, Corsica
October 16, 1815, Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena -
August 9–20: Napoleon is imprisoned under suspicion of being a Jacobin and a supporter of Robespierre.
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August 2: New constitution adopted, plebiscite confirms Napoleon as First Consul for life
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Napoleon ruled from 1804-1814
May: Napoleon proclaimed Emperor by the Senate.
December 2: Napoleon crowns himself Emperor, in the company of the Pope. April 4, 1814: Napoleon abdicates his rule and Louis XVIII, a Bourbon, is restored to the French throne -
June 25: Treaty of Tilsit signed between Russia and France.
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May 2: Spanish people rise up against France. Often referred to as Dos de Mayo Uprising.
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July 5–6: Battle of Wagram - Success for Napoleon, Austria loses territory and must enforce the Continental System.
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September 14: 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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October 19: Beginning of the Great Retreat.
When Napoleon discovers that Moscow is burned, his crew suffers great loss, causing him to retreat his troops. -
April 2: Battle of Luneburg
May 2: Battle of Lützen.
May 20–21: Battle of Bautzen.
June 4–26: Armistice of Poischwitz.
June 21: Battle of Vitoria.
August 15: Siege of Danzig.
August 23: Battle of Großbeeren.
August 26–27: Battle of Dresden.
August 26: Battle of Katzbach.
August 29–30: Battle of Kulm.
September 6: Battle of Dennewitz.
September 16: Battle of the Göhrde.
September 28: Battle of Altenburg.
October 14: Battle of Liebertwolkwitz.
December 10: Battle of Sehestedt. -
April 4: Napoleon abdicates his rule and Louis XVIII, a Bourbon, is restored to the French throne
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The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. An Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by combined armies of the Seventh Coalition, an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher. It was the culminating battle of the Waterloo Campaign and Napoleon's last.
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October 16: : Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena
