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Napoleon
Napoleon is born on August 15, 1793 Ajaccio,France he was a French military and political leader. He was born in Corsica to a relatively modest family from the minor nobility. -
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Start of the French Revolution
The French Revolution began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s, with the ascent of Napoleon. During this period, French citizens razed and redesigned their country's political landscape, uprooting centuries- old institutions such as absolute monarchy and the feudal system. Like the American Revolution before it, the French Revolution was influenced by Enlightenment ideals, particularly the concepts of popular sovereignty and inalienable rights. -
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Seige of Toulon
Seige of Toulon, ( Aug. 28- Dec. 19, 1793 ), military engagement of the French Revolution wars, in which the young artillery officer Napoleon Bonaparte won his first military reputation by forcing the withdrawal of the Anglo- Spanish fleet, which was occupying the city of Toulon and its forts. -
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Egyptian Campaign
Egyptian Campaign- The French attempt to exert influence over Egypt was due to ecomics, a political need to weaken Britain and the personal needs of General Napoleon Bonaparte, who saw the shadow of unemployment and a loss of influence- looming as in Italy were nearing the end of their successful struggles aganist Austria. -
18 Brumaire
The Coup of 18 Brumaire brought General Napoleon to power as first consul of Franch, and the view of most historians ended the French Revolution. -
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First Consul for Life
The consulate was the government of France from the fall of the directory in the coup of Brumaire in 1799 until the start of the Napoleonic Empire in 1804. By extension,the term, the consulate also refers to this period of French history.During this period, Napoleon as first consul, established himself as the head of a more liberal, authoritarian, autocratic, and centralized republican government in France while not declaring himself head of state. -
Napoleonic Code
A fresh start was made after Napoleon come to power in 1799. It was promulgated as the "civil code of the French" but was renamed the Napoleonic code from 1807 to 1815 and once again after the second French Empire.
