The political career of Napoleon

  • Corsica

    Corsica
  • Egyiptian expedition

  • POWER

  • Period: to

    Consulate

    Reforms in the name of modernity
  • Napoleonic Code/Code Civil

    Equality before law; religious tolerance, end of feudalism.
  • Emperor

    Emperor
  • Period: to

    Emperor

  • Ulm, Austerlitz

    The Battle of the Three Emperors.
  • France tried to invade Great Britain

    France tried to invade Great Britain
    Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated him at the Battle of Trafalgar.
  • Jena, Auerstadt

  • Friedland

    Friedland
  • Spain, Portugal

  • Wagram + Győr

  • Grand Armée

    Grand Armée
    Almost 500.000 soldiers
  • Leipzig

    Leipzig
    Battle of the Nations. Napoleon was defeated and exiled to Elba.
  • Waterloo

    -> Exiled to St. Helena