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Napoleon Born
He was born in Ajaccio, France. -
Start Of French Revolution
When the third estate revolted against the higher esates and stormed Bastile. -
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Reign of Terror
The reign of terrorwas 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
The battle of toulon was an early Republican victory over a Royalist rebellion in the Southern French city of Toulon starting on september 18, 1793. -
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Egyptian Campagn
The French attempt to exert influence over Egypt. It was due to economics, a political need to weaken Britain and the personal needs of Napoleon. -
18 Brumaire Coup
The coup of 18 Brumaire brought General Napoleon Bonaparte to power as First Consul of France, and is concidered to have ended the French Revolution. -
First Consul for life plebiscite (vote)
Napoleon, as First Consul, had established himself as the head of a more conservative, authoritarian, autocratic, and centralized republican government in France while not declaring himself head of state. -
Napoleonic Code
The French civil code established under Napoleon in 1804, which forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified. -
Napoleon's Coronation
The ceremony of crowning Napoleon as a sovereign. -
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement fought by the Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies. It was during the War of the Third Coalition. -
Battle of Austerlitz
Battle of Austerlitz was the first engagement of the War of the Third Coalition and one of Napoleon's greatest victories. -
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Continental System
The Continental System banned British ships from entering European ports. -
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Peninsular War
The Peninsular War was a military conflict between the First French Empire and the allied powers of the Spanish Empire. -
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Invasion of Russia
The French Invasion of Russia or the Patriotic War of 1812 began on when Napoleon's Grande Army crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian army. -
Retreat of Moscow
The day the last Frenchman left Russia. -
Battle of Leipzig
The Battle of Leipzig or Battle of the Nations was fought by the coalition armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Sweden and was against the French army of Napoleon. -
Exile to Elba
When Napoline was exiled to the island of Elba by surrounding enime countries. -
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Hundred days on Elba
Napoleon spent 100 days on the island of Elba before escaping and returning to France. -
Battle of Waterloo
A French army under the command of Napoleon was defeated by the armies of the Seventh Coalition. -
Exile to st Helena
Napoleon was exiled to st helena where he stayed for the rest of his life and died from natural causes. -
Dealth
Napoleon died on st hemena on may 2 1821
