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Napoleon invades Italy
Napoleon defeated the Austrians who controlled Italy at the time. As a result of this victory, France aquired Belgium from Austria. France also aquired hundreds of art treasures from Italy, which were placed in the Louvre, the French national museum. -
Egypt
While at Egypt, Napoleon won a great land victory there, but the British fleet destroyed the French fleet. nevertheless, the French succeeded in establishing their influence in Egypt. Another important outcome of the French campaign was that soldiers accompanying Napoleon discovered the Rosetta Stone. -
The Consulate
Napolean set up a new government called the Consulate, and placed himself at its head and took the title of First Consul. -
Austria
Austria and Great Britain are at war with eachother. Napoleon leads French forces to victory over Austria. -
First Consul
Napoleon asked people to elect him First Consul for life. they did so in a plebiscite. two years later, France made Napoleon emperor of France. -
Peace Treaty with Great Britain
After Frances victory over Austria, Napoleon arranged a peace treaty with Great Britain. -
Britain Declares War on France
Napoleon wanted a grand empire, and threatened by his actions, Great Britain declared war on France. Great Britain and its allies, however, weere not able to stop Napoleon and his soldiers. -
Emperor
After the French made him First Consul for life, they decided that that was not enough. For his popularity and great military strength, they named him emperor of France. -
Napoleon Crowned Himself King of Italy
Napoleon had himself crowned as king of Italy. -
Conferation of the Rhine
This group consisted of conquered German states. -
Invaded Spain and Portugal
Napoleon invades Spain and Portugal witht the Confederation of the Rhine. -
Papal States, Pope in Prison
In 1809 he made the Papal States part of France and put the Pope in prison. France's boundaries now included much of
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Great Britain
Only Great Britain and Russia remained unconquered by the French. Since the French couldnt beat the British navy, he devised a new way of conquering them. He forbade the in his empire to trade with Britain, however, this proved unsuccessful. -
Invaded Russia
Napoleon organized an army of 600,000 soldiers, called the Grand Army to invade Russia. all but one, the Russians did not fight. instead, they retreated, drawing the French farther into Russia. As the Russians retreated, they burned their villages and food supplies, leaving nothing for the advancing French. leaving Napoleon helpless -
Moscow
in September Napoleon reached Moscow, which had been abandoned by the Russians. Shortly after the French arrived, three fourths of the town was burned and destroyed, the French called for a treaty, but Russia ignored them. -
French Freeze
Napoleon ordered his troops to withdraw from Russia. By then the bitter Russian wintr had set in. Hundreds of thousands of French soldiers froze to death from tempuratures below -40 degrees. -
Allies Join Together
Napoleons Grand Army was now diminished and the new army he rasied wasnt ell trained and were soon crushed by allied forces of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain. This was the first time the four countries had joined together to fight Napoleon -
Allies Take Paris
In 1814 the allies took Paris, and Napoleon was forced to abdicate. he was sent to exhile to a small island of the Elba off the coast of Italy. He managed to escape, however, and gathered enough troops to invade France. For 100 days, Napoleon reigned as emperor. -
Waterloo
The allies, under the British leadership of the Duke of Wellington, finally defeated him in 1815 in the Battle of Waterloo. -
Death
After his defeat at Waterloo, he was exhiled to the island of St. Helena off the west coast of Africa, where he died in 1821.
