The Age of Napoleon

By M_chad98

  • Birth of Napoleon

    This is the date that Napoleon was born on. His parents were part of the nobility.

  • Start of the French Revolution

    The French Revolution was a period of radical, social and political upheavel in France.
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    Egyptian Campaign

    The Egyptian Campaign was the first colonial conquest which endeavored to bring the enlightenment to the orient.

  • Battle of Toulon

    The Battle of Toulon took place off the coast of the Mediterranean's Toulon, France.
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    The Reign of Terror

    The Reign of Terror was a violent period. It lasted about a year. 40,000 people killed by the guillotine.

  • 18 Brumaire Coup

    The coup had brought general Napoleon to power as first council of France.

  • The Napoleonic Code

    The code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified. It was drafted on the 21 of March, 1804.

  • Napoleon's Coronation

    The Coronation of Napoleon had took place on Sunday December 2, 1804.

  • Battle of Trafalgar

    This battle was a naval engagement fought by the Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French navies.

  • Battle of Austerlitz

    This battle was one of Napoleons greatest victories. The French had beat the Coalition.
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    Continential System

    The Continental System hurt English industries and helped spur the Luddite protest movement against unemployment in England.
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    Peninsular War

    This war was a military conflict between France and the allied powers of Spain. This lasted about 6 years.
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    Invasion of Russia

    At this time Napoleons Grande Armee crossed the Neman River in an attemp to engage and defeat Russia's army.

  • Retreat from Moscow

    Kutuzov used force to the French army into using the same Smolensk road on which they had earlier moved East and which had been stripped of food by both armies.

  • Battle of Leipzig

    This war was fought by armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden agianst the Napoleons French army.

  • Exile to Elba

    In the treaty of Fontainbleau victors had exiled him Napoleon to Elba, an island of 12,000 people.
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    Hundred Days

    This marked the period of between Emporer Napoleon of France's return from exile from Elba.

  • Battle of Waterloo

    The imperal French army under the command of Napoleon had been defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition.

  • Exile to St. Helena

    They exiled him to the island of St. Helena which was a barren, wind-swept rock located in the South Atlantic Ocean.

  • Death

    Napoleon had died on May 5,1821 in Longwood. They say that he had died of stomach cancer, but there has been some debates of his death.