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Birth
He was born on the Isle of Corsica -
General in French Army
Led to many victories -
French State
Napoleon became head of the French State, and establishes a consulate. -
Concordat was signed
National reconciliation between revolutionaries and Catholics -
First consul for life
Attacked others for land -
First consul for life
Attacked others for land -
Napoleonic Code
Privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified -
Emperor of the French
His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804, in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, with incredible splendor and at considerable expense. -
Battle of Trafalgar
The battle was the most decisive naval victory of the war. -
Continental system
In the Napoleonic wars, the blockade designed by Napoleon to paralyze Great Britain through the destruction of British commerce. -
Campaign of Russia
Liberate Poland from Russia -
Officer in French Artillary
Later became emperor -
Elba
He is banished -
Congress of Vienna
Was to provide a long-term peace plan for Europe by settling critical issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic wars. -
Battle of Waterloo
He reorganized his armies and defeated Austria -
St. Helena
Europeans didn’t want Napoleon to make a possible return -
Death
Napoleon had stomach cancer.