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Birth of Napoleon
Napoleon was born in 1769. At the age of nine, he was sent to military school until he was sixteen. When he graduated, he became lieutenant of the artillery. He then joined the French army when the revolution started. -
Becomes a general in the French Army
After the battle at Toulons, Napoleon was promoted to the General position. -
Campaign in Italy
This was an event of various attacks on Italy. He conquered Austria and expanded his land during these attacks. -
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Campaign in Egypt
This was a battle that was worse for France then the Battle of Trafalgar. France lost all of their ships and now had no way of fighting over seas. -
Concordat
This was an agreement with the pope that gave the church some of their rights back. -
First Consul for Life
This was the start of Napoelon's reign. This gave the French people hope in a better life and a better world. -
Napoleonic Code
It was a new set of laws that was supposed to give all French people the same rights but it ended up taking away a lot of individual rights. This code brought back slavery and limited freedom of speech. -
"Emperor of the French"
When France became an empire, Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of France. He ruled over 70 million people. -
Battle of Trafalgar
This was another Napoleonic War that was fought. This time it was fought against a British fleet. Unfortunately, this battle went in the favor of the British and this was the first loss for Napoleon. -
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Continental System
This system was a blockade that Napoleon ordered on the British. He was trying to stop all trade to and from the British and other nations in Europe. This failed because the British put their own blockade around France and their navy was much stronger. Also some Europeans brought in British goods secretly. -
Campaign of Russia
The French invaded Russia with about 400,000 soldiers. The Russians retreated and used the scored-earth policy to starve the French army. Stranded in the heart of Russia and with winter coming, Napoleon decided to retreat. Before they left Russia they were attacked by Russians and the early snow also took out many of his soldiers. Napoleon went back to France with only 10,000 soldiers in fighting condition. -
Defeat at Battle of Leipzig
After the defeat at Russia, Prussia, Britian, Russia, Sweden, and Austria all saw that Napoleon had become weak and they all combined their forces, attacked and defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig. -
Elba
Elba is an island in Italy and the first location that Napoleon was exiled to. Napoleon did end up escaping and saving his people from their new ruler. -
Waterloo
Waterloo was a town near Belgian where Napoleon was defeated by other European forces. This defeat ended Napoleon's reign of power. -
Death of Napoleon
After his sixth year in St. Helena, his health started to give away and that caused his death in May of 1821. -
St. Helena
After Napoleon's final defeat, he surrendered himself and was sent to St. Helena. He was sent 1,000 miles away from anything to prevent another escape. This also ended up being the last place he goes to before his death.
