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Napoleon Birth
On August 15, 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, France. He is the second oldest child and has 8 other sibling -
Start of French Revolution
The French Revolution began in 1789 and lasted until 1799. King Louis XVI needed more money, but had failed to raise more taxes when he had called a meeting of the Estates General. This instead turned into a protest about conditions in France -
Battle of Rivoli
The Battle of Rivoli was fought between Napoleon Bonaparte and his famous French Army of Italy, and an Austrian army under the Hungarian General József Alvinczi
The Battle of Rivoli was fought on 14-15 January 1797 -
Battle of the Nile
The Battle of the Nile was a major naval battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the French Republic at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast off the Nile Delta of Egypt from the 1st to the 3rd of August 1798. -
End of French Revoultion
On 9 November 1799, as frustration with their leadership reaches a fever pitch, Bonaparte stages a coup d'état, abolishing the Directory and appointing himself France's 'first consul'. This marks the end of the French Revolution and the start of the Napoleonic era. -
Napoleon Death
On May 5, 1821, Napoleon died peacefully in his own home. His house is now used as a museum to take tours in.