Timeline of Napoleon's Life

By Krishnad
  • Birth of Napoleon

    Birth of Napoleon

    He was born on the French Island of Corsica. He's here. He's queer.
  • "...a whiff of grape-shot"

    "...a whiff of grape-shot"

    A grape-shot is a type of pellet that is not on solid shot but a group of metal balls. When assembled they resemble a cluster of grapes. Napoleon said he had to use "a whiff of a grape-shot" against a Royalist mob on the streets of Paris during the later stages of the Revolution.

  • Napoleon Becomes Head of the French State

  • “First Consul for Life”

  • Campaign in Egypt

  • Campaign in Italy

  • Concordat

  • Treaty of Lunéville

  • Treaty of Amiens

  • The Napoleonic Code

  • Period: to

    “Continental System”

  • “Emperor of the French”

  • Trafalgar

  • Battles of Jena and Auerstadt

  • Treaty of Tilsit

  • Campaign in Russia

  • Napoleon Beats Spanish Armies

  • Defeatat Leipzig in the Battle of Nations

  • Elba

  • Congress of Vienna

  • Waterloo

  • St. Helena

  • Napoleon's Death

    Napoleon's Death

    He died in Longwood, Saint Helena of stomach cancer.