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Nalopean Bonaparte born in Ajaccio, Corsica
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Napolean begins study at the royal military academy Age 9
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Graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in artillery, Age 16
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Paris mob storms the Bastille. Beginning of French Revolution.
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5) December 22, 1793: ·For courage and military ingenuity at an internal French battle at Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of brigadier general; age 24.
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Napoleon marries Josephine
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Following a coup d'etat, Napoleon becomes First Consul of the new French government.
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Signing of the Concordat between France and Rome ends schism between the French government and the Catholic Church.
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9) August 4, 1802: ·New constitution adopted, making Napoleon First Consul for life.
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France sells Louisiana territory to U.S.
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Senate proclaims Napoleon Emperor.
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Napoleon crowns himself Emperor in Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris
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Napoleon creates the Grand Duchy of Warsaw (Poland), to be overseen by France; Continental system created.
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Divorces Josephine.
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Marries Marie-Louise, Archduchess of Austria.
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Napoleon returns to Paris.
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Anti-French coalition army enters France.
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Paris falls.
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Senate proclaims end of the Empire; Napoleon's wife and son flee Paris.
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Napoleon abdicates his rule and Louis XVIII, a Bourbon, is restored to the French throne
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Napoleon is exiled to Elba; his wife and son take refuge in Vienna
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Escaping Elba, Napolean returns in South France raliles the French Troops
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Louis XVIII flees, Napolean take control, begins Hungred Days campaign
Louis XVIII flees, Napoleon takes control, begins "Hundred Days" campaign -
Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena
Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena. -
Napolean dies