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Napoleon is Born
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18 Brumaire Coup
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Napoleonic Code
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Battle of Trafalgar
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Battle of Austerlitz
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Retreat from Moscow
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Exile to Elba
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Battle of Waterloo
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Exile to St. Helena
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Napoleon's Death
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First Consul for Life
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Battle of Toulon
This was an early Republican victory over a Royalist rebellion in the southern French city of Toulon. In Britain the battle was regarded as the most mortifying defeat. -
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Egyptian Campaign
This event was Napoleons campaign in the Orient to protect french trade, undermine Britains access to India, and to establish scientific enterprise in the region. -
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Start of the French Revolution
The French Revolution was an influential period of social and political war in France that was aprtially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire. Historians regard the Revolution as one of the most important events in human history. -
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Continental System
The foreign policy of Napoleon I of France in his struggle against Great Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. Neutrals and French allies were not to trade with the British. -
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Invasion of Russia
Known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812. It began when Napoleon's Grande Armee crossed the Neman River in the attempt to engage and defeat the Russian army. -
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Battle of Leipzig
A decisive defeat for Napoleon, resulting in the destruction of what was left of French power in Germany and Poland. The battle was fought at Leipzig, in Saxony. -
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Peninsula War
Military conflict between Napoleon's empire and the allied powers of Spain, Britain and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war started when French and Spain armies invaded and occupied Portugal.
