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Spinning Machine invented
This machine was a step up from the spinning wheel making it possible to weave more than one thread at a time. James Hangreaves the inventor was born in the year of 1720 and died in 1778. In 1764 he invented this device but in 1769 Hangreaves completed the first spinning machine for commercial use. (Hertitage- history.com.) -
Napoleon is born at Ajaccio, Corsica
He was born at Ajaccio, Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea. He was the fourth child and second son of Carlo Maria de Bonaparte (As it was later chsnged to) and Letizia Ramolino. His parents belonged to noble Italian families, and his father practiced law. (World Leaders: Past and Present: Napolean.) -
The Boston Massacre occures
A group of drunk colonists were bullying some british troops. After the colonists started throwing rocks at the British they called in for reenforcements. One colonist was hit in the head by the back of a musket and the crowd got angrier. So the british troops shot into the crowd to stop this massacre. The troops killed five colonists. (www.bostonmassacre.net.) -
The Boston tea party occurs
A group of Massachusetts Patriots dressed up as Mohawk indians. They went abord an East India tea company ship . They dumped over one million dollars worth of tea into Boston Harbor in one night. ( www.History.com) -
The American Revolution Begins
The American Revolution goes from 1775 to 1783. The war was between the Colonists and the British. The Colonists faught for freedom, independence and control of the beloved country known as America. The war ends with the Treaty of Paris being signed in 1783. (www.History.com) -
The Declaration of Independence is signed
A five man committee including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Ben Franklin. These men adopted the Declaration of indepence and is the birth place of American independence. Thomas Jefferson wrote this Declaration and John Hancock wrote his name large to intimadate the British. (www.History.com) -
Mary Wollstonecraft's vindication of the Rights of woman was published
This book was the first great feminist treatise. This book stressed the rights men have that woman do not and how both genders should be of equal importance. This book also taught women how to endeaver to acquire strengh, both of mind and body. (www.bartleby.com/144/) -
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais
Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais. She was a beautiful Creole from the West Indies. Napoleon had met her at the home of Vicomte deBarras. (World History Series: The age of Napoleon) -
Napoleon seizes power in France
Napoleon advance into Palastine and then into Syria. Napoleon retreated into Egypt when the Turks and British showed up and he routed the Turks there. But his French troops in Italy had been defeated by Austria. Britain and Russia. (World Book N-O Volume 14.) -
Napoleon crowns himself emperor of the French
In 1802 Napoleon was voted the title Conul for life. But because Napoleon wanted more power so he took away powers of the government that he did not control. This was to strenghen his authority. So in May, 1804, Napoleon was voted Emperor. The ceremony was held on December 2nd. (The World Book N-O Volume 14) -
Napoleon crushes the allied armies at Austerlitz
In 1805, Austria, Russia and Sweeden along with the British all joined forces against France and Spain. Napoleo had to abandon the plan to invade Britain to attend to this matter. As he defeated the armies Napoleon made Austria sign a peace treaty. Russia had stopped fighting. But Lord Nelson along with his British army defeated Napoleons fleets in Trafalgar. (The World Book N-O Volume 14) -
Napoleon defeated the Prussians at Jena and Auerstadt
In 1806 Napoleon had set up a confederation with the Rhine, made up of western German states under his protection. This was the action that brought war to the French by the Prussians. On October 14, his armies overwhelmed the Prussians. Napoleon made a conqueror's entry into Berlin. Here he issued the Berlin degree which barred British goods from Europe. (The World Book N-O Volume 14) -
Napoleon occupies Moscow
Napoleon had signed an alliance with Czar Alexander I of Russia in 1807. But the Russiand did not fully carry out the Berlin Degree with the British ports. In 1812 Napoleon decided to teach them a lesson. Over the years the French were weakened but Napoleon managed to pull out an army of 600,000 men. Napoleons empire was very large (from Spain to the tip of Russia.) He marched onward and the Russians fled burning everything they had that was worth of value. (The World Book N-O Volume 14) -
Napoleon abdicates his throne
One by one Napoleons friends and allies deserted him. By April, 1814 he decided that his cause was hopeless. The French senate called for a return of a Bourbon King to the French throne. His commanders told him to step down. On April 11, Napoleon abdicated at Fontainebleau. Then Louis XVIII crowned him king of the small island of Elba off the Coast of Italy. (The World Book N-O Volume 14) -
Napoleon loses at the battle of Waterloo
Napoleon defeats Blucher at Ligny on June 16. Ney forced Wellington back to the Belgian village of Waterloo. On June 18, Napoleon attacked Wellington. Wellington had to depend on nightfall or Bluchers reinforcements. The reinforcement troops came in and with renewe strengh the British and their allies overwelmed the French ending the Battle of Waterloo. (The World Book N-O Volume 14) -
Napoleon dies at Longwood in Saint Helena
On October 16, 1815, Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena. Later on May 5 1821, he dies at Longwood in Saint Helena. Upon death Napoleon leaves his great Legacy and inspires many even to this day. Napoleon will live throughout history as one of the greatest War leaders of all time. (World Leaders Past and Present: Napoleon)
