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Napoleon Bonaparte is born.
Napoleon Bonaparte is born in Corsica, a french-ruled island in the Mediterranean. -
Napoleon becomes a officer
At the age of nine, he was sent to France to be trained for the military. When he was 16, he became an artillery officer. -
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Napoleon's Egypt Campaign and Syria Campaign
In 1798, He led a expedition to Egypt.It was proved to be a disaster as he experienced his worst losses from his admirals. To make sure these stories never reach out the public, he sent out a network of spies and censoring the press. -
Napoleon's Coup d’état
In 1799, he helped overthrow the weak Directory and set up a three-man governing board known as the Consulate. Another constitution was drawn up, but Napoleon took the first title of First Consul. In 1802, he named himself Consul for life. -
Napoleon's Coronation
He invited the pope to preside over his coronation in Paris. During the ceremony, he took the crown from the pope's hands and put it on himself. This showed that he owed his throne to no one, but himself. -
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The Grand Empire
The Grand Empire reached it greatest extent in 1812. He controlled most areas by forceful diplomacy. One was by placing relatives on the thrones of Europe. As Napoleon created his vast empire, he redrew the France map to his image and how he would want his empire to be. -
The Napoleonic Code is made.
Napoleon made a new code of laws which was popularly called the Napoleonic Code. It embodied the Enlightenment principles such as equality of all citizens before the law, religious toleration, and the abolition of feudalism. Since he created this, it undid some reforms he created such as woman who lost most of their newly gained rights and could not exercise the rights of citizenship. -
The Battle of Trafalgar
In 1805, It fought off the southwest coast of Spain, but British Admiral Horatio Nelson destroyed the french fleet. -
Joseph Bonaparte becomes King of Spain.
After dethroning the King of Spain, Napoleon puts his own brother on the throne. -
The Battle of Wagram
When Spain resisted against France's rule over Spain, this encouraged the Austrians to continue their hostilities against France. Napoleon defeated the Austrians and in agreement, Austria surrendered lands populated by more than 3 million subjects. -
Invasion of Russia
After Napoleon expanded the Grand Duchy of Warsaw which bordered Russia on the west, Tsar Alexander I withdraw from the Continental System. Napoleon responded by invading Russia. Napoleon couldn't survived the harsh winters in Russia and the very little food that they have, so they retreated. -
The Battle of Nations(Leipzig)
Since Napoleon couldn't defeat the Russians earlier, Russia made an alliance with Britain, Prussia, and Austria against the weakened France. Napoleon tried to go back to France, so he could rally up soldiers to protect the weakened France, but Napoleon was defeated. -
Napoleon's exile to Elba
Napoleon was stepped down of power and was exiled to Elba, an island in the Mediterranean. They put Louis XVIII, brother of Louis XVI, to be the King of France. As people feared that this would have them return to their old ways in the monarchy, this brought some loyalty back to Napoleon. -
Napoleon's Return.
Napoleon eventually escaped from his exile and returned to France. Soldiers went to his side and Louis XVIII fled. Napoleon entered Paris in triumph. -
Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon's triumph lasted only for 100 days. Soon, the allied forces reassembled their forces. The opposing forces met in the Town of Waterloo, Belgium and France was severely destroyed by the allied forces. -
Exile to St. Helena
Napoleon was defeated and was exiled to St.Helena. St. Helena is a lonely island in the South Atlantic, but this time, Napoleon didn't return. Napoleon died in 1821
