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he was born in Ajaccio, France
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Napoleon ended up at the military college of Brienne, where he studied for five years, before moving on to the military academy in Paris. http://www.biography.com/people/napoleon-9420291#synopsis
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the young leader quickly showed his support for the Jacobins, a far-left political movement and the most well-known and popular political club from the French Revolution. http://www.biography.com/people/napoleon-9420291#early-years
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Joséphine de Beauharnais
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he became king of France on August 15, 1769
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a new constitution that created the position of first consul, which amounted to nothing less than a dictatorship. http://www.biography.com/people/napoleon-9420291#rise-to-power
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a British fleet under Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar, fought off the coast of Spain. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-trafalgar
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Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma
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took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815, marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte http://www.history.com/topics/british-history/battle-of-waterloo
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May 5, 1821
