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birth- christened Napoleone di Buonaparte
born to Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino in Ajaccio, Corsica -
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the life of Napoleon
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baptised as a catholic just before 2nd birthday
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father named representative of Corsica in the court of King louie the sixteenth
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admitted into religous school in atun, france
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admitted in to military school
there an instructor noted his application in mathematics and knowledge of history and geography. Said he would become a good sailor -
after completing military school Napoleon was admitted to the elite École Militaire in Paris
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became the first the first Corsican to graduate from the Ecole Militaire. and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in La Fère artillery regimen
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french revolution breaks out
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convinced french authorities to promote him to the rank of captain
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returned home again to enter into conflict with Pasquale Paoli
Paoli had decided to split with france and tried to sabotage a French assault on the Sardinian island of La Maddalena, where Napoleon was one of the expedition leaders -
forced to flee with family because of conflict with Paoli
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goes to war with Egypt
effort to expand french presence in africa he attacked egypt -
brought the metric system to Euroupe
though not very popular then it is now the most used system of measurement in the world -
debts of france forced him to sell off the louisiana territory to preident thomas jefferson
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crowns himself emperor of france
after assasination plot fails the peoples faith is renewed in dictatorship -
exiled to saint helena
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died
health had begun to fail rapidly after exile eventually deth took him
