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Napoleon was born
napoleon was born in the islands of Corsica -
The start of the French Revolution
It started because people were starving and then they stormed the Bastille. -
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The Reign of Terror
A period during the French Revolution when Robespierre's subjects sent over 17,000 people to the guillotine to be executed. -
Battle of Toulon
An early Republican victory over a Royalist rebellion in the Southern French city of Toulon. -
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Egyptian Campaign
On August 23, 1799 -
18 Brumaire Coup
Coup d’état that overthrew the system of government under the Directory in France and substituted the Consulate, making way for the despotism of Napoleon Bonaparte. The event is often viewed as the effective end of the French Revolution. -
First Consul for Life Plebiscite (vote)
Napoleon is proclaimed Consul for life on the results of the plebiscite. 3,653,600 ayes; 8,272 noes. -
Napoleonic Code
The code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified. -
Napoleon's Coronation
Napoleon was crowned Emperor of the French. -
Battle of Trafalgar
Nelson's crushing defeat of the French and Spanish Navies, establishing Britain as the dominant world naval power for a century. -
Battle of Austerlitz
Known as the Battle of the three emperors clash. -
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Continental System
It hurt English industries and helped spur the Luddite protest movement against unemployment in England. -
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Peninsular War
2 May 1808 (sometimes 27 October 1807[1]) – 17 April 1814[ -
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Invasion of Russia
Napoleon's invasion is better known in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812. -
Retreat From Moscow
It took three days to cross the Niemen, by means of pontoon bridges thrown across; but they reached the far side unmolested, and pursued their way over the sandy wastes. -
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
Elba is a Mediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy, 12 miles from the coastal town of Piombino. -
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Hundred Days
This period saw the War of the Seventh Coalition, and includes the Waterloo Campaign[4] and the Neapolitan War. -
Battle of Waterloo
An Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition, comprising an Anglo-allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher. -
Exile to St. Helena
While his household spent much of the five-and-a-half years on the island squabbling with each other, Bonaparte himself set off on what has been called his last campaign - that of writing his memoirs and creating a legend around his name. -
Death
Napoleon dies.
