History Pictures end of the year stuff

Napoleon invades Italy

Jan 20, 1796

-Napoleon was chosen to lead French Troops into Italy
-The French defeated the Austrians who ruled Italy at the time
-France acquired Belgium from Austria
France also acquired hundreds of art treasures from Italy, which were placed in the Louvre, the French national museum

Egypt

Jan 20, 1798

-British forces were stationed at Egypt where Napoleon was sailing
-He won a great land of victory there
- The British fleet destroyed the French fleet
-The French succeeded in establishing their influence in Egypt
-The soldiers accompanyed Napoleon in discovering the Rosetta Stone

The Consulate

Nov 9, 1799

-Napoleon set up a new government
-He placed himself at its head and took the title of the First Consul.
-By this time Russia was no longer at war with France

Austria

Jan 20, 1801

-Napoleon led French forces to victory over Austria

Peace Treaty with Great Britain

Jan 20, 1802

-In 1802 he arranged a peace treaty with Great Britain

First Consul

Jan 20, 1802

-He asked people to elect his first consul for life
-He did so in a popular vote
-The French elected Napoleon to be the emperor of France
-His coronation was held in the Notre Dame Cathedral
-The Pope came from Rome for the crowning
-But did not have the chance to place the crown on Napoleons head
-Napoleon took the crown from the Popes hands and crowned himself

Britain declares war on France

Jan 20, 1803

-Britain was threatened by Napoleons actions declares war on France
-Great Britain was not able to stop Napoleons soldoers and Napoleon

Emperor

Jan 20, 1804

-Being emperor was not enough for Napoleon
-He wanted to build a Grand Empire that would take the place of the Holy Roman Empire
-He had the advantage of an army whose soldiers worshiped their emperor
-They were able in battle not just because they were aristocrats

Napoleon crowned himself King of Italy

Jan 20, 1805

-Napoleon crowned himself jing of Italy

Confederation of the Rhine

Jan 20, 1806

-He formed the Confederation of the Rhine which consisted of a group of conquered German states

Invaded Spain and Portugal

Jan 20, 1808

-He invaded Spain and Portugal

Papal states Pope in prison

Jan 20, 1809

-The following year he made the Papal States part of France
-And put teh Pope in prison France's boundaries now included much of Europe

Great Britian

Jan 20, 1812

-Only Great Britian and Russia were undefeated by Napoleon
-They French could not defeat the British navy

Invaded Russia

Jan 20, 1812

-Napoleon decided to take on Russia
-He organized a Grand Army of about 600,000 soldiers of different nationalities
-It was the largest army the world had yet seen
-In the summer of 1812 the Grand Army invaded Russia
-Instead they retreated drawing the French deeper into Russia
-As the Russians retreated they burned their vikllaged and food supplies
-Leavign nothing for the advancing French -This tactic is called a scorchedearth policy

Moscow

Jan 20, 1812

-Napoleon reached Moscow which had been abandaned by the Russians
-Shortly after the French had arrived the town had caught fire and three forths of the town was destroyed
-The French army had neither food nor shelter

French Freeze

Jan 20, 1812

-The bitter Russian winter had started
-Hundereds of thousands of French soldiers froze to death as temperatures fell to 40 degrees below zero
-Thousands more died from disease and lack of food
-In the end fewer than 100,000 soldiers made it back to France

Allies join together

Jan 20, 1813

-Napoleon quickly raised another army but the new soldiers were not well trained
-They were defeated by the allied forces of Austria, Pussia, Russia, and Great Britian
-This was the first time that the four countries had joined together to fight Napoleon

Allies take Paris

Jan 20, 1814

-The allies took Paris and Napoleon was forced to abdcate or give up the throne
-He was sent into the exile to the small island of Elba off the coast of Italy
-He managed to escape, however, and gathered together enough troops to invade France
-For 100 days, Napoleon again reigned as emperor
The allies under the British leadership of the Duke of Wellington

Waterloo

Jan 20, 1815

-They finally defeated his in 1815 at the Battle of the Waterloo

Death

Jan 20, 1821

-This time Napoleon was sent to the island of St.Helena off the west coast of Africa where he later died.