Social Midterm Studying: Napoleon

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  • Graduated at sixteen as sublieutenant of artilery

  • Joined the Patriotic Club in Corsica

  • Fled Corsica due to political disagreements

  • Battle of Toulon

  • Vendemaire Uprising

    Napolon saves the Directory
  • Period: to

    First Italian Campaign

    Napoleon had a dozen military victories

  • Treaty of Campo Formio

    Ended the First Coalition

  • Second Coalition formed against France

  • Battle of the Pyramids

    Defeated the Ottomans on his route to India

  • Aboukir Bay

    Admiral Nelson destroyed Napoleon's fleet thereby ending Napoleon's plan to take over India

  • Napoleon abandoned 30 000 of his men and returned to France

  • Coup of Brumaire

    Napoleon overthrew the directory

  • New constitution and new government formed

    Governement consisted of 3 consuls of which Napoleon was a part of the first

  • Battle of Marnego

    Treaty of Luneville re-establishes agreement of Campo Formio

  • Life Consulate

  • Legion of Honour

  • Treaty of Amiens with Britain

    A period of brief peace between Britain and France

  • Emperor

  • Battle of Trafalger

    Ties to the Continental System

  • The Berlin Decree

    Ended all trade with Britain. No European ports were to allow them to trade.

  • Battle of Friedland

    Resulted in the Treaty of Tilst which created the Grand Duchy of Warsaw

  • The Battle of Wagram

    Treaty of Schonbrumn where Austria lost the Illyrian provinces

  • Russiabroke from the Continental System

    Napoleon was not impressed by this. He decided to invade Russia to show everybody who was boss

  • Moscow Campaign

  • The Moscow Campaign

    Started off with over 600 000 men who marched to Russia. Ended with only 20 000 men returning to France.

  • Leipzig

  • Napoleon was exiled to Elba

  • Fourth Coalition formed

    Prussia, Austria, Britain and Russia
  • Period: to

    Meeting of the Congress of Vienna

  • Treaty of Fountainebleau

  • First Peace of Paris Treaty

  • Act Additional

    -Napoleon changed the constitution in a more liberal direction
    - When he is down he portrays himself as a liberal. This appeals to the people
    - Needs this support to win batttles.Once the battle is won, he reverts to his old ways

  • Napoleon escaped from Elba

  • Period: to

    The 100 Days

  • Battle of Waterloo

    End of the Napoleonic Empire

  • Second Peace of Paris Treaty

  • Napoleon died on St. Helena