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Napoleons birth
Napoleon was born on the island of Corsica -
Start of French Revolution
the revolution in France against the Bourbons; -
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The reign of terror
a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution". -
Battle of Toulon
an early Republican victory over a Royalist rebellion in the Southern French city of Toulon. It is also called the Fall of Toulon. -
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Egyptian campaign
Napoleon Bonaparte's campaign in the Orient, ostensibly to protect French trade interests, undermine Britain's access to India, and to establish scientific enterprise in the region. -
18 Brumaire Coup
brought General Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France, and ended the French Revolution. -
The first consul for life plebcite
In effect of this consul, the constitution established the dictatorship of Bonaparte -
Napoleonic code
the French civil code established under Napoléon. The code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified -
Napoleons coronation
The coronation of Napoleon as Emperor of the French, has been said to mark "the instantiation of modern empire" -
Battle of Tralfagar
a naval engagement fought by the Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars -
Battle of Austerlitz
also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of Napoleon's greatest victories, where the French Empire effectively crushed the Third Coalition. -
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Continental Party
the foreign policy of Napoleon I of France in his struggle against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland during the Napoleonic Wars -
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Peninsular War
a military conflict between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars -
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Invasion of Russia
Napoleon's Grande Armée crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian army. Napoleon hoped to compel Tsar Alexander I of Russia to cease trading with English merchants through proxies in an effort to pressure the United Kingdom to sue for peace. -
Retreat from Moscow
Fyodor Rostopchin who was the military governor of Moscow, had ordered the city evacuated, including all the city administrators and officials, leaving behind only a few French tutors, foreign shop keepers and those that were the lowest class of society. -
Battle of Leipzig
fought by the coalition armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden against the French army of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, at Leipzig, Saxony. -
exile to elba
In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, the victors exiled napoleon to Elba, an island of 12,000 inhabitants in the Mediterranean, 20 km (12 mi) off the Tuscan coast. They gave him sovereignty over the island and allowed him to retain his title of emperor. -
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Hundred days
sometimes known as the Hundred Days of Napoleon or Napoleon's Hundred Days marked the period between Emperor Napoleon I of France's return from exile on Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 (a period of 111 days) -
Battle of Waterloo
It was the culminating battle of the Waterloo Campaign and Napoleon's last. The defeat at Waterloo ended his rule as Emperor of the French, marking the end of his Hundred Days return from exile. -
Exile to St.Helena
this is one of the most isolated islands in the world and was for several centuries of vital strategic importance to ships sailing to Europe from Asia and South Africa. For several centuries, the British have used the island as a place of exile, most notably for Napoleon Bonaparte -
Death
Six years after exile he died, most likely of stomach cancer, and in 1840 his body was returned to Paris, where it was interred in the Hotel des Invalides.
