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Napoleon's Birth
August 15, 1769, Ajaccio, France. He was born on the island of Corsica and he rapidly became very important to the military during the French Revolution. -
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Becoming an officer in the french army
He rapidly rose in the French army during the French revolution. The French Revolution began in 1789, and within three years revolutionaries overthrown the monarchy and made a French republic. During the early years of the revolution, Napoleon was on leave from the military and home in Corsica, where he became affiliated with the Jacobins, a pro-democracy political group. In 1793 the Bonaparte family fled their native island for mainland France, where Napoleon returned to military duty.
