Timeline 18.3 By jilliantreveloni 1792 Napoleon became a captain 1794 The Committee of Public Safety made Napoleon a brigadier general 1796 Napoleon became commander of the French armies in Italy 1799 Napoleon Bonaparte came into power 1799 The British had defeated the French naval forces supporting Napoleon's army in Egypt by this year 1799 Coup D'état overthrew the Directory and set up the consulate 1801 Napoleon came to an agreement with the pope, the agreement recognized Catholicism as the religion of the majority of the French people 1802 A peace treaty was signed, but didn't last long 1802 Napoleon was named consul for life 1803 War with Britain broke out again 1803 Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States for $15 million 1804 Civil Code, or Napoleonic Code, was introduced and it preserved many principles that the revolutionaries had fought for 1805 British defeated the combined French-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar Period: 1807 to 1817 Napoleon was the master of Europe 1812 Napoleon's downfall began when he decided to invade Russia 1812 Grand Army of more than 600,000 men entered Russia 1813 Fewer than 40,000 of the original 600,000 soldiers arrived back to Poland 1814 Paris was captured Mar 20, 1815 Napoleon entered Paris in triumph Jun 18, 1815 Napoleon met with a combined British and Prussian army under the Duke of Wellington and suffered a bloody defeat at Waterloo in Belgium 1821 Napoleon's death
