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March of Napoleon

By pllew11

  • Napoleon Boneparte is born in Corsica.

    Napoleon BBC

  • Enrolls at the École Militaire

  • Period: to

    The French Republic

  • Siege of Toulon

    Captain Boneparte earned fame by sucessfully ousting the British/Royalists from the port city of Toulon. Promoted to General soon after.

  • Insurrection of 13 Vendémiaire

    Insurrection of 13 Vendémiaire
    Royalist troops clash with Revolutionary soldiers in the streets of Paris. General Boneparte quickly defeats the Royalist forces by using cannon armed with grapeshot.

  • Napoleon is given command of L'Armee d'Italie

  • Battle of Lodi

    Battle of Lodi
    During the battle Napoleon sights an artillery peice, the job of a corporal, earning the nickname the Little Corporal.

  • Battle of Arcole

    Arcole PageNapoleon leads his men across a bridge under heavy fire. One of his aides is killed by his side and others are wounded. Napoleon's bravery earns the respect of his soldiers.

  • Battle of the Pyramids

    Battle of the Pyramids
    Napoleon's expedition into Egypt with the Armée d'Orient culminates with a battle fought close to the Pyramids of Giza. The French defeat the Ottoman and Mamluks giving the Napoleon loose control of Egypt. Days later a French naval defeat at the hands of the British(The Battle of the Nile) strands Napoleon's forces in Africa.

  • Coup of 18 Brumaire

    Napoleon and his allies stage a coup ousting the Directory replacing it with the First Consulate with Napoleon as leader of France.

  • Battle of Marengo

    Battle of Marengo
    Napoleon's forces defeat an army of the Austiran Habsburgs. First Consule Boneparte is now strong enough to control France's future which eventually leads to him become Emperor.

  • Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French

    Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of the French
    Norte Dame Catherdal, Paris
  • Period: to

    Imperial France

  • Battle of Austerlitz

    Napoleon's greatest victory. The French army crushes the Russians and Austrians ending the Third Coalition. France is now the most powerful nation in Europe.

  • French Invasion of Russia

    L'Grande Armée marches 450,000 soldiers into Russia as the most formidable force the world has seen. Months later after multiple defeats, L'Grande Armée struggles back into France with less than 10,000.

  • Battle of Waterloo

    Battle of Waterloo
    A combined force of British, Prussian, German, & Dutch defeat Napoleon's army to the south of the town of Waterloo. This was Napoleon's final defeat which lead to his exile on the island of St. Helena.

  • Napoleon dies in exile on the Atlantic island St. Helena

    Longwood, Napoleon's Prison