Napoleon

Napoleon is Born

Apr 30, 1769

Napoleon was born in 1769 in Corsica, an island in the Mediterranean. This was only a few months after France had annexed the island.

Napoleon is Military Captain

Apr 30, 1792

Napoleon is Military Commander

Apr 30, 1796

Two years after the commitee of public safety made him a brigadier general he became commander of the French armies in Italy.

Napoleon is Emperor

Apr 30, 1799

Napoleon took part inthe coup d'etat that overthrew the Directory and set up the consulate. In 1802 he was made consul for life and two years later he crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I.

Peace with the Church

Apr 30, 1801

Napoleon came to an agreement with the pope, which recognized Catholicism as the religion of France. With this agreement, the Catholic Church was no longer an enemy of the French government.

British Resistance

Apr 30, 1805

Naopleon hoped to invade Britain, but the British defeated the combined French-Spanish fleet at Trafalgar.

French Victory

Apr 30, 1805

French had a victory at Austerlitz in the Austrian Empire.

A New Bureaucracy

Apr 30, 1810

Napoleon created a new aristocracy based on meritorious service to the nation. between 1808 and 1814 Napoleon created 3200 nobles.

Invasion of Russia

Apr 30, 1812

Napoleon's grand army entered Russia. Once they had an indecisive victory at Borodino, Napoleon led the "Great Retreat" back to Poland returning with only 1/15 of his original army.

Napoleon is exiled

Apr 30, 1814

After the French military disaster in Russia other European states attacked the weka french army. Paris was captured and Napoleon was exiled to Elba.

Final Defeat

Apr 30, 1815

After Napoleon returned to Paris he met a combined Brittish and Prussian army at Waterloo in Belgium. He suffered defeated and was exiled to St. Helena where he died.

Quickwrite

Apr 30, 1830

I believe that Napoleon was able to preserve some of the gains and goals of the French Revolution but no all. Like most dictators, he got power hungry and made a military mistake trying to exoand France which led to his downfall. In his early reign he served France well and maintained the ideals that were set for government and social systemts during the French Revolution.