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In 1769 Napoleon was born on a small island of Corsica
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At the age of ten, Napoleon left his home, Corsica, for a military school in Brienne, France, where his academic success was minimal. Allthough his acidemic success was poor his military intelegence was excelent.
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Napoleon was commissioned second lieutenant in the artillery.
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Napoleon then initiated a series of campaigns against the Austrians and Sardinians in Italy, winning in rapid succession Savoy, Nice, Lombardy, and Mantua for France.
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At the age of 30 Napoleon is returning to Paris after hearing about the millitary crisis facing France And then takes control of France by the Coup d'etat.
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By the age of 35 Napoleon claimed himself the emperor of France. He also created a new set of laws called the Napoleonic code, and set about a millitary campaign to expand the empire.
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Napoleon begins to lose many of the wars that he waged to gain more land. This is the main reason for why he is exiled to the island of Elba
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After a few years of rule from Napoleon, he starts to lose millitary battles and people begin to turn on him. He is sent into exile for the rest of his life.
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With Napoloen in exile the Congress of Nienna forms a Holy Aliance with Russia, Austria, and Prussia. They also form the Concert of Europe.
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Napoleon was 51 by the time he died from stomach cancer in 1821
