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Napoleon is born
This is the day Napoleon was born in France. -
Start of the French Revolution
The meeting of the Estates General was held on May 5, 1789. This marked he beginning of the French Revolution. The French Revolution consisted of four parts known as National Assembly, Legislative Assembly, Convention, and Directory. -
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Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror is an event that has to do with Robespierre, the head of public safety. This event took place during the French Revolution, in France. The Reign of Terror ended when Robespierre got his head chopped off by the guillotine. -
Battle of Toulon
The Battle of Toulon marked the first memorable event led by Napoleon. The event took place in Toulon, which is a port on the south coast of France. Napoleon had a major role in this event, and contributed to why the port fell in December 1793. -
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Egyptian Campaign
France was still at war with Great Britain. Napoleon escpaed from a Britsih fleet and captured the port of Malta. He landed in Egypt on July 1, 1998, with 35,000 soldiers. Napoleon lost more than 30,000 of his solidiers in Egypt because of the campiagn. -
18 Brumaire coup
Sieyes and Napoleon defeat the Directory, and formed the three- person consulate. Ducos and Sieyes are the other two chosen consuls. -
First Consul for Life plebicite
Napoleon had held a plebiscite, or popular vote by ballot and on August 2, 1802 he was named First Consul of life. -
Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code also referred to as the Civil Code, is a new reform that Napoleon made. It was a new code of laws, it represented the Enlightenment principles such as religious toleratin, the abolition of feudalism, and the equality of all citizens before the law. It also made women into second-class citizens. -
Napoleons Coronation
Napoleon was crowned as the emperor of the French Empire on December 2, 1804. The ceremony was held at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. -
Battle of Trafalgar
This battle was fought off of the coast of Spain. Admiral Lord Nelson led a British fleet, which defeated the French and Spanish fleet. Napoleon led France to be superior on the European mainland, until the British defeated them after five hours of fighting. -
Battle of Austerlitz
During the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon defeats Russian and Astrian forces. This battle was between the three emperors of France, Austria, and Russia. Russia and Austria joined with Great Britain. They were going against Napoleon's army. Napoleon omly had a little less troops than Austria and Russia's tropps combined together. This was a great victory for Napolean, both stragically, and tactically. On December 2, 1805 Napoleon had very good luck -
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Continental System
The Continental System was a blockade used to try and prevent the British from having any accsess to trading ports in Europe. The purpose of this was to stop the British from having the amount of money they needed to fund Napoleon's enemies on mainland Europe. France ended up getting hurt more than Britain. -
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Peninsular War
On November 30, 1807, Napoleon began the Peninsular war under General Junot with the help of Spain. The war started when Napoleon wished to continue the use of the Continental System. The war consisted of many battles. The last one was fought on April 10, 1814, at Toulose. -
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Invasion of Russia
The Invasion of Russia was the French invading Russia. It is also called the Patriotic war of 1812. It began on June, 24 1812 when Napoleon's Grande Armee crossed the Neman River, they wanted to capture and defeat the Russian army. At the end of the invasion Napoleons army had started with 680,000 soliders and it ended with 27,000 soliders.This invasion lasted a little under 6 months. -
Retreat from Moscow
On September 14, 1812 the Grand Armee led by Napoleon arrived in Moscow and found the city abandoned and burnt down. Napoleon and his army began to retreat from Moscow on October 19, 1812 and lost many members of his army due to the cold winter. -
Battle of Leipzig
Battle of Leipzig also known as Battle of the Nations. Austrian,Swedish, Russian, and Prussian forces defeat Napoleon's large army. They defeated his army in a town called Saxony. This battle was also the largest battles in history. -
Exile to Elba
On May 4, 1814 Napoleon was exiled to Elba, an island in Italy. In March 1815, Napoleon had escaped his island exile, and returned to Paris. When he returned he regained his supporters. He also reclaimed his title as emperor. -
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Hundred Days
On March 20, 1815, Napoleon arrived in Paris and took control, causing Louis XVIII to flee. This was after Bonaparte escaped from his exile in Elba. Two months later, Napoleon had an army of 280,000 men. England's Duke of Wellington, which contained 110,000 men, and Prussia's Field Marshal Blucher, which had 120,000 men, were close enough to threaten France, so Napoleon decided to strike before it was too late. -
Battle of Waterloo
On June 18, 1815 Battle of Waterloo took place in Belgium. During the Battle of Waterloo Napoleon is defeated by British, and Prussians led by Wellington. This battle brought the Napoleonic era of European history to an end. -
Exile to St Helena
On October 16, 1815, Napoleon was exiled and sent to live far away on the island of Saint Helena. This island was located in the middle of the South Atlantic, so it was very difficult to escape. -
Dealth of Napoleon
On May 5, 1821 Napoleon had died, on the island Saint Helena off the coast of Africa. His dealth was most likely caused by stomach cancer.
