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(neither)Napoleons orders were to invade northern Italy and occupy Lombardy, a move that the French Directory believed would force the Austrians to move troops south from the Rhine front. -
(neither)Napoleon, abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. -
(yellow)Napoleon became the First Consul for ten years, appointing two consuls with consultative voices only. His power was confirmed by the new Constitution of the Year VIII. -
(green)Banque de France is an independent institution governed by French and European law, and a member of the Eurosystem, which is the federal system. -
(neither) This agreement reached on July 15, 1801, between Napoleon Bonaparte and papal and clerical representatives in both Rome and Paris, this defined the status of the Roman Catholic Church in France. -
(green)Napoleon proclaimed himself First Consul for Life. A new constitution of his own devising legislated a succession to rule for his son, he had also taken the major steps in creating a new regime in his own image. -
(green)This made the authority of men over their families stronger, this deprived women of any individual rights, and reduced the rights of illegitimate children. All male citizens were also granted equal rights under the law and the right to religious dissent, but colonial slavery was reintroduced. -
(green) Napoleon I of France at Notre-Dame de Paris. Napoleon crowned himself as "Emperor of the French" -
(green)This battle was fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of France and Spain, Napoleon and his armies tried to conquer Europe. -
(red)This was abdicated, following a military defeat by the French Army under Napoleon (see Treaty of Pressburg). -
(red)The blockade designed by Napoleon to paralyze Great Britain through the destruction of British commerce. -
(neither) Mass resistance by the people of Spain inspired the war efforts of Austria, Russia and Prussia against Napoleon. Hatred of the French and devotion. -
(green)Napoleon proclaimed himself First Consul for Life. A new constitution of his own devising legislated a succession to rule for his son, he had also taken the major steps in creating a new regime in his own image. -
(green) This was a decisive defeat for Napoleon, resulting in the destruction of what was left of French power in Germany and Poland. -
(green) Napoleon arrived in Paris after escaping from exile on Elba. -
(red)Waterloo marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. -
(green)French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland. The result was a disaster for the French.