Napoleon

Italian campaign (green)

Apr 20, 1792

During Napoleon's first Italian campaign of the Revolutionary Wars, his Armée d'Italie besieged Mantua, the centre of Austrian power in Italy. The Austrians sent a large army to break the siege and to counter this strategy Napoleon determined to cut their supply line.

Egyptian campaign(red)

May 19, 1798

Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in the Ottoman territories of Egypt and Syria, proclaimed to defend French trade interests, to establish scientific enterprise in the region.

Consulate(green)

Nov 10, 1799

Napoleon served as first consul of France from 1799 to 1804. In that time, Napoleon reformed the French educational system, developed a civil code (the Napoleonic Code)

Banque de France(green)

Jan 18, 1800

Napoleon Bonaparte created the Banque de France to foster economic recovery after the strong recession of the revolutionary period.

Concordat of 1801(red)

Jul 15, 1801

Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius XVII signed an agreement called the Concordat, which was an agreement between the French state and the Catholic Church that reconciled the Church with the anti-religious policies established during the French Revolution.

Council for life(green)

Aug 4, 1802

In August 1802, Napoleon proclaimed himself First Consul for Life. A new constitution of his own devising legislated a succession to rule for his son

Napoleonic Code(yellow)

Mar 21, 1804

Established equality of citizens before the law, religious toleration, and merit-based advancement.
Undid some reforms of the Revolution especially for woman

Declared self emperor(green)

Dec 2, 1804

Military General Napoleon Bonaparte declared himself the emperor of France in 1804.

Battle of Trafalgar(green)

Oct 21, 1805

The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars.

Abolish Holy Roman Empire(green)

Aug 1, 1806

Napoleon set up the Confederation of the Rhine, grouping together a large number of formerly indepedent states, and forced the Emperor to abdicate his position.

Continental System(Red)

Nov 21, 1806

The Continental System was Napoleon's strategy to weaken Britain's economy by banning trade between Britain and states occupied by or allied with France

resistance in spain (Red)

May 2, 1808

Most Spaniards rejected French rule and fought a bloody war to oust them. The war on the peninsula lasted until the Sixth Coalition defeated Napoleon in 1814, and is regarded as one of the first wars of national liberation. (Fail)

Invasion of Russia(red)

Jun 24, 1812

French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland. The result was a disaster for the French.

Battle of Leipzig(red)

Oct 16, 1813

The unified armed forces of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden prevailed in a decisive victory over Napoleon and his allies on German soil.

Hundred Days(yellow)

Mar 20, 1815

Marked the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815.

Waterloo (red)

Jun 18, 1815

A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition.

Abdication(fail for him)(red)

Jun 22, 1815

Napoleon was forced to abdicate in April 1814 after his unsuccessful invasion of Russia resulted in a broad European alliance against him. In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, Napoleon abdicated the throne and renounced his heirs' claim to any future throne in France.