Napoleon

  • Birth of Napoleon

  • Becomes officer in French artillery

    He got his start in military
  • Becomes a General in the French Army

    Napoleon becomes commander in chief
  • Napoleon becomes head of the French state, establishes the consulate

    One of the most important time periods in French History
  • Concordat signed

    Sought nation reconciliation between revolutionaries
  • First Consul for Life

    Napoleon made himself Consul of Life
  • Napoleonic Code

    Forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified.
  • Emperor of The French

    Napoleon made himself Emperor of France
  • Trafalgar

    Battle in which the British smashed the French Fleet
  • “Continental System”

    closing of European ports to British ships
  • Campaign in Russia

    French were defeated while invading Russia
  • Elba

    Location of Napoleon’s First Exile
  • Congress of Vienna

    to create a lasting peace by establishing a balance of power and protecting the system of monarchy after Napoleon
  • Waterloo

    Location of Napoleon's final defeat
  • St. Helena

    Final place Napoleon was exiled
  • Death of Napoleon