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Napoleon Is Born
Napoleon was born on August 15, 1769. -
Beginning of French Revolution
The French revoltuion began with the storming of the Bastile, a military fortress in an attempt to take weapons to defend themselves for upcoming fighting. -
Battle of Toulon
After the port and military bases of Tulon were surrendered to the British and Spanish, Napoleon gatthered troops and pushed them out in order to regain half of their navy and a vital naval port. -
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Reign of Terror
Period when over 30,000 people were guillotined because they were accused of being against the French Revotution or they had royal blood. -
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Egyptian Campaign
Napoleon sailed with 40,000 men to Egypt to gain control and hopefully disrupt Britain's trade with Asia. The campaign was a faliure. -
18th Brumaire Coup
Brought Napoleon to pwer as the First Consul of France and is viewed as the end of the French Revoltuion. -
First Consul for Life
Napoleon was put in power as head of the three- man government for life. -
Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code prohibits privelegs based on birth, gave freedom of religion, and stated that the government jobs were based on ability. -
Napoleon's Coronation
Napoleon was crowned Emperor by himself at the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. -
Battle of Trafalgar
Naval battle between France (+Spain) and Britain, the French and Spanish lose horribly. They stared with 31 combined ships versus 27 British ships, 22 Franco Spanish ships were lost and not a single British ship was destroyed. -
Battle of Austerlitz
Napoleon defeated a combined force of Russia and the Holy Roman Empire with nearly 20,000 less men and only a thousand or so deaths. -
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Continental System
Napoleon issued the Berlin Decree that ordered European countries too stop all trade with England in an attempt to hurt and weaken them. Instead, the European countries suffered because they could no longer receive goods fom British colonies. -
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Peninsular War
French fight against Sapin, Portugal, Britain and Ireland for control of the Iberian Peninsula. France loses. -
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Invasion of Russia
The French army of about 600,000 men march to Moscow. All villages on the way there are burnt down so they hav eno food and supplies. By the time they reach the capital, they find that it, too is deserted so tehy turn around and go back also becaus ethey realize that they can no tsurvive th eharsh winter. When they return home, ther eare only about 20,000 men left in the army. -
Retreat form Moscow
Napoleon's army leaves Russia to head back home and escape the oncoming Russian winter. -
Battle of Leipzig
Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden defeat the French army near Leipzig and ends Napoleon's power in Poland and Germany. -
Exile to Elba
The rest of Europe united against Napoleon and offered him to abdicate his title. He rfused the offer, so they exiled him to the Mediterrranean island of Elba. -
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Hundred Day's
Napoleon escapes from Elba an dreturns to power for 111 days. -
Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon attacked armies that were assembling near Waterloo hoping that he coul destroy them before they attacked France. He lost and it marked the end of his power. -
Exile to St. Helena
Napoleon is exiled a second time to th eremote island of St. Helena in the middle Atlantic ocean. -
Death of Napoleon
Napoleon dies on St. Helena of possible stomach cancer or possibly poison.
