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Napoelon is born
Napoleon Bonaparte was the fourth, and second surviving, child of Carlo Buonaparte, a lawyer, and his wife, Letizia Ramolino. After his father had switched alligence to France, he was appointed assessor of the judicial district of Ajaccio in 1771. A plush job that eventually enabled him to enroll his two sons, Joseph and Napoleon, in France's College d'Autun. -
Napoleon is born continued
Eventually, Napoleon ended up at the military college of Brienne, where he studied for five years, before moving on to the military academy in Paris(www.biography.com) -
First iron bar is made
The first all iron bridge was built by Great Britain, really demonstrating what could be done with enough iron, and stimulating interest in the material. The construction had relied on carpentry techniques. Watt’s rotary action steam engine in 1781 helped increase the furnace size and was used for bellows, helping to boost production (Grund 374). -
The first postal system
Benjamin Franklin served as Postmaster General until November 7, 1776. He was in office when the Declaration of Independence created the United States in July 1776, making Franklin the first Postmaster General of the United States. America's present Postal Service descends from the system Franklin placed in operation..The U.S. postal system is established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general (Grund 375). -
Civil War continued
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Civil War between Napoloen and Pasquate Paoli
Napoleon got behind the Corsican resistance to the French occupation, siding with his father's former ally, Pasquale Paoli. But the two soon had a falling-out. When a civil war in Corsica began in April 1793, Napoleon, now an enemy of Paoli, and his family relocated to France, where they assumed the French version of their name: Bonaparte. Napoleon’s return to France from Corsica began with a service with the French military, where he rejoined his regiment at Nice in June 1793 -
Louis XVI death
After a long time in court of being convicted of foreign affairs, they finally came up with a verdict. French National Convention deiced to send King Louis XVI to the guillotine. He was executed in a crowd of people cheering for him to get executed in the Place de la Revolution in Paris (Grun 377). -
Joseph Bramah invents hydraulic press
Joseph Bramah was a man from England, who was engineer and inventor whose lock-manufacturing shop was the cradle of the British machine-tool industry. He is most known for being the inventor of the hydraulic press. from is great invention, he was issued a patent on this press in 1795 (Grun 377). -
Napoleon takes over French army
Napoleon graduate from a French military academy in 1785. In France, Napoleon became associated with Augustin Robespierre (1763-1794), the brother of revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794), a Jacobin who was a key force behind the Reign of Terror (1793-1794), a period of violence against enemies of the revolution. During this time, Napoleon was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the army (Castelot 35). -
Napoleon proclaims himself emperor
In 1798, he led a military expedition to Egypt that served as a springboard to political power. He orchestrated a coup in November 1799 and became First Consul of the Republic. His ambition and public approval inspired him to go further, and he became the first Emperor of the French in 1804 (Castelot 45-46). -
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle took place in the Atlantic Ocean off the southwest coast of Spain, just west of Cape Trafalgar, near the town of Los Caños de Meca. The British registered an important naval victory against France, which led to Napoleon to scrap his plans to invade England (www.Biography.com). -
Baptist Union in Great Britain if formed
The influence of the Baptist Missionary Society, founded in 1792, led to the formation of the first Baptist Union amongst Particular Baptist churches. The Union had an uncertain early history, but after its re-formation in 1831-32, Particular Baptists and General Baptists of the New Connexion began to draw more closely together. This process culminated in 1891, when the General Baptists of the New Connexion amalgamated with the Baptist Union (Grund 379). -
Exile to Elba
The Allies then invaded France and captured Paris in the spring of 1814. This caused Napoleon to have no choice, and abdicate his power. He was exiled to the island of Elba off the coast of Tuscany, and the Bourbon dynasty was restored to power (Cuerard 86). -
Battle of New Orleans
On December 24, 1814, Great Britain and the United States signed a treaty in Ghent, Belgium that effectively ended the War of 1812.It took a little to long for the message to get realade to other countries,thus starting the Battle of New Orleans. this was the last major Battle of the War of 1812, and a big win for the Americans (Grun 382). -
Napoleon escapes island and returns for 100 days
On April 20, 1814, the dethroned Emperor left France for the isle of Elba, where he was exiled under the terms of the Treaty of Fontainebleau. On February 26, 1815, Napoleon managed to sneak past his guards and somehow escape from Elba, slip past interception by a British ship, and return to France. After returning to France, he took back control and ruled has emperor for about 100 days (Cuerard 91). -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo took place near the Waterloo, Belgium on June 18, 1815. The forces of the French Empire under the leadership of Michael Ney and Napoleon Bonaparte were defeated by the Seventh Coalition and a Prussian Army, which was commanded by Gebhard Von Blucher. It was a terrible loss for the French army that soon drove it apart (www.Biography.com). -
Napoleon gets exiled to St.Helena
After the terrible defeat at the the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon was soon exiled once again.In 1815, the British government had decided the place of detention for Napoleon. This time he was exiled to the island of St.Helena, a British overseas territory in the South Atlantic Ocean (Henderson 69). -
Napoleon's death
Napoleon was subsequently exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa after the loss of the Battle of Waterloo. After about 6 years on the island, he died of the same disease as his father did, stomach cancer. In 1840 his body was returned to Paris, where it was interred in the Hotel des Invalides (Schlesinger 56).
