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coup d'etat
overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. -
Concordat
was an agreement between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII, signed on 15 July 1801 in Paris -
Napoleonic Code
he French civil code established under Napoléon I in 1804. -
Napoleon crowned
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor Napoleon I at Notre Dame de Paris. According to legend, during the coronation he snatched the crown from the hands of Pope Pius VII and crowned himself -
Continental System
was the foreign policy of Napoleon I of France in his struggle against Great Britain during the Napoleonic Wars. -
french invasion of Russia
Napoleon's Grande Armée crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian army. -
Loss of American Territories
The French colonial empire constituted the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. -
The Hundred Days
marked the period between Napoleon's return from exile on the island of Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 -
Waterloo
A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: an Anglo-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prince of Wahlstatt. -
Conquering of Europe
the invasion of Europe in the 13th century was the military effort by an Asian power, the Mongols, to invade and conquer Europe