THE NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE

Crowned Emperor of the French at Notre Dame.

1804

On December 2, 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte was named Emperor of France. It was the Corsican military man himself who decided to grant himself this important title. Only five years earlier he had staged a coup d'état and had become First Consul of the Gallic nation.

Defeats Austria and Russia at the Battle of Austerlitz.

1805

After 9 hours of combat, the victory was won by the French, who put the Russians to flight and forced the Austrians to request an armistice. Thus, Austerlitz marked the end of the Third Coalition and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire.

Establishes the Confederation of the Rhine and gains control of Poland.

1806

Confederation of the Rhine, association of central and southern German states created in 1806 by the French Emperor Napoleon I after having conquered most of the Rhineland.

Invades Portugal

1807

Napoleon ordered the invasion of Portugal, forcing the Portuguese Royal Family to flee to Brazil. This would be one of the causes of Brazil's declaration of Independence under Pedro I in 1822, followed by a liberal revolution in Portugal.2

Nominates his brother Joseph as King of Spain 1. War of Independence of Spain and Portugal, which lasts 6 years.

Jan 1, 1808

Thanks of Napoleon, all of his brothers, come kings of diferent parts of the actual EU

Rome and the Papal States are annexed.

Jan 1, 1809

Because of the Napoleon war, they anexed to be more beneficious

Marries Maria Luisa of Austria

Jan 1, 1810

He married with the son of his enemy

disastrous military campaign in russia

Jan 1, 1812

In russia, Napoleon lost the war because of the cold, then the empire died