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Studies at the royal military Academy
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Encole Militaire
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Graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in the artillery
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Napoleon is given command of the French army in Italy
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Paris mob storms the Bastille
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Louis XVI is dethroned
While in Paris with his regiment, Napoleon witnesses the storming of the Tuileries Palace and the dethroning of the French King, Louis XVI. -
For his courage at an internal French battle at Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of brigadier general
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Napoleon is promoted to General of the Army of the West
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Napoleon marries Josephine
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Napoleon wins the Battle of Lodi
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Napoleon wins the Battle of Arcole
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Napoleon wins the Battle of Rivoli
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Napoleon draws up the Treaty of Campo-Formio with Austria
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He returns to Paris a hero
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Napoleon becomes First Consul of the new French government
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Treaty with Austria signed at Luneville
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Signing of the Concordat between France and Rome ends schism between the French government and the Catholic Church
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Napoleon restructures French educational system
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Senate proclaims Napoleon Emperor
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New constitution adopted, making Napoleon First Consul for life
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Emperor of the France
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Napoleon crowns himself Emperor in Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris
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Napoleon is crowned king of Italy in Milan
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Victory in the Battle of Austerlitz against Austria and Russia
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Napoleon names his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, king of Naples, and appoints other family members to various other posts
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Beginning of French occupation of Portugal
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Divorces Josephine
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Marries Marie-Louise, Archduchess of Austria
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Napoleon's son born, referred to as the "King of Rome"
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Grand Army enters Moscow to find the city abandoned and set aflame by the inhabitants; retreating in the midst of a frigid winter, the army suffers devastating losses
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Napoleon returns to Paris
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Paris falls
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Senate proclaims end of the Empire; Napoleon's wife and son flee Paris.
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Napoleon is exiled to Elba; his wife and son take refuge in Vienna
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Napoleon rallies the French army
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Louis XVIII flees, Napoleon takes control, begins "Hundred Days" campaign
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Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena