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Birth of Napoleon
August 15, 1769, Isle of Corsica -
Becomes officer in French artillery
He bacame an officer in the French atillery -
Concordat signed
He signed the Concordat -
Becomes a General in the French Army
He becomes a General for the French Army -
Napoleon becomes head of the French state, establishes the consulate
He became head of the French State -
“First Consul for Life”
He had a defeat and proclaimed as emperor. -
The Napoleonic Code
The code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified. -
“Emperor of the French”
He bacame Emperor of the French. -
Trafalgar
British defeat French naval battle -
“Continental System”
He created the Continental System -
Campaign in Russia
The official political aim of the campaign was to liberate Poland from the threat of Russia. Napoleon named the campaign the Second Polish War. -
Elba
He was exiled to here -
Congress of Vienna
They Created a congress -
Waterloo
This was the location of Napoleon's final defeat. -
St. Helena
He dies as a prisoner here -
Death of Napoleon
Napoleon died aged 52 in 1821, on the island of St Helena