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Napoleon Birth
Napoleon was born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio, France. -
Napoleon enters millitary academy
Having passed his artillery exams, Napoleon left Brienne on 30th October 1784 to go to the Military Academy in Paris. He was not return again until 1805, at the time when he was on his way to Milan to be crowned King of Italy. -
Storming of the bastille
The Storming of the Bastille was perhaps the most iconic moment in the French Revolution, a Paris crowd stormed and captured the Bastille. -
becomes Brigadier General
Napoleon serves well for the French Army at the Siege of Toulon. For this, he is promoted to brigadier general. -
Napoleon commands the Italian Army
Napoleon leads the Italian Army in a series of battles against Austria. By the time Italy defeats Austria in October 1797, it is clear that Napoleon is one of the world's greatest military leaders. -
vote for consulship for life
During this period, Napoleon Bonaparte, as First Consul, had established himself as the head of a more conservative, authoritarian, autocratic, and centralized republican government in France while not declaring himself head of state. -
concordat signed
The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII, signed on 15 July 1801. It remained in effect until 1905. It sought national reconciliation between revolutionaries and Catholics. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles) by the United States from France in 1803. -
proclaimed Emperor Napoleon I
In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the title of emperor in a thousand years -
continental blockade
The foreign policy of Napoleon I of France in his struggle against Great Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. -
Napoleon’s son born
Napoléon François Charles Joseph Bonaparte was born. -
Exiled to elba
Napoleon was forced to renounce his throne in April 1814. The European powers exiled him to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean. -
Napoleon escapes from Elba
Napoleon managed to sneak past his guards and somehow escape from Elba and return to France. Immediately, people and troops began to rally to the returned Emperor. -
Napoleon defeated at Waterloo
A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. -
arrives at st. helena
This time, the European powers were not going to take any chances on Napoleon's possible return. They exiled him to the island of St. Helena - a barren, wind-swept rock located in the South Atlantic Ocean. -
Napoleon died
Napoleon dies from stomach cancer in st. helena. -
The French coup d'état
It ended in the successful dissolution of the French National Assembly and the subsequent re-establishment of the French Empire the next year.
