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The Beginning
Napoleon born in Ajaccio, Corsica in Italy (In that time city of France). [Link text] (Napoleon Bonaparte Timeline. (n.d.). Retrieved August 15, 2016, from http://www.softschools.com/timelines/napoleon_bonaparte_timeline/41/) -
A little help
Maximilian Robespierre was a radical Jacobin who instigated the Reign of terror. He was the first to promote Napoleon into the government. [Link text] (Napoleon Bonaparte. (n.d.). Retrieved August 15, 2016, from http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/napoleon/terms.html) -
First Steps
For his participation in the Siege of Toulon he was promoted to brigadier general. [Link text] (Napoleon Bonaparte Timeline. (n.d.). Retrieved August 15, 2016, from http://www.softschools.com/timelines/napoleon_bonaparte_timeline/41/) -
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Napoleon Bonaparte
In 1804 Napoleon Bonaparte was named Emperor with the help of some revolutionaries from the senate. [Link text] (ALBERTO GORDO . (2014). Napoleon y Josefina, la pasion temible de un matrimonio imperial. 15 de agosto 2016, de El Cultural Sitio web: http://m.elcultural.com/noticias/letras/Napoleon-y-Josefina-la-pasion-temible-de-un-matrimonio-imperial/) -
Napoleon divorce
Josephine (napoleon's wife) did not produce the boy heir which Napoleon needed, so in 1810, he divorced her. [Link text] (Boston College.(2013).Napoleon's wives. August 15 2016, de Boston College web: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/nap3.html) -
Bad decitions
In 1812 around July and August, Napoleon decided to invade Russia, which only kept backing down knowing that the army wouldn´t survive the conditions.
[Link text] (Greenspan, J. (2012). Napoleon’s Disastrous Invasion of Russia. Retrieved August 15, 2016, from http://www.history.com/news/napoleons-disastrous-invasion-of-russia-200-years-ago) -
Napoleon´s problem
In 1810,Napoleon led a massive army into Russia in the summer of 1812. Napoleon, faced with the onset of the Russian winter, was forced to order his starving, exhausted army out of Moscow. Of Napoleon’s 600,000 troops who began the campaign, only 100,000 made it out of Russia. [Link text] (History.com (2009). Napoleon Bonaparte - facts & summary. history.com. Retrieved from http://www.history.com/topics/napoleon#
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Hundred days campaign
In June 1815, he invaded Belgium, On June 16, two days later, on June 18, at the Battle of Waterloo near Brussels, the French were crushed by the British, with assistance from the Prussians.
[Link text] (History.com (2009). Napoleon Bonaparte - facts & summary. history.com. Retrieved from http://www.history.com/topics/napoleon#
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Napoleon´s death
Napoleon died exiled in St. Helena of stomach cancer. [Link text] (Biography.com Editors, B. (n.d.). Napoleon Biography. Retrieved August 15, 2016, from http://www.biography.com/people/napoleon-9420291) -
Napoleon´s fall
The Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon’s forces were defeated by the British and Prussians, signaled the end of his reign and the end of France’s domination in Europe. After Waterloo, Napoleon abdicated and later died in exile.
[Link text] (Staff, H. (2009). Battle of Waterloo. Retrieved August 15, 2016, from http://www.history.com/topics/british-history/battle-of-waterloo)