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Napoleon Birth
On august 15 1769 napoleon was born in ajaccio, France -
French revolution
The French Revolution began during the Estates general meeting in which the third estate got locked out. -
Battle of Toulon
an early republican victory over a royalist rebellion -
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Reign of Terror
A period of violence after the begging of the French Revolution between the Jacobins and the Girondins -
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Egyptian campaign
Napoleon went to Egypt to stop brittish trades with India, after winning a few battle he was forced to withdraw in 1801 due to Brittish forces -
18 Brumaire coup
When Napoleon became the First Consul and officially ended the French Revolution -
First Consul for life plebicite (vote)
Napoleon established himself the head of a conservative authoritarian republican government in France, not declaring himself head of state -
Napoleons Coronation
Napoleon crowns himself emperor of France for life -
Napoleonic code
Code Napoleon set into commision that,
allowed freedom of religion, gave jobs to most qualified
it also took place of feudal laws -
Battle of Trafalgar
a naval battle during the battle of the Thrid Coalition where the Royal Navy fought the French and Spanish Navies, ended in decisive Brittish victory -
Battle of Austerlitz
One of Napoleons greates victories where the french crushed the third coalition -
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Continental System
An enbargo the Napoleone set against Brittain to attempt to stop their stade by land -
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Peninsular War
Fought between first French Empire, the allied forces of the Spanish Empire, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irealand and the Kingdom of Portugal for the Iberian penninsula in which France was defeated -
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Invasion of Russia
Napoleon led an army of 680,000 into Russia after they withdrew from the Continental system -
Retreat from Russia
The Russian retreated back from the borders towards moscow torching the villages that they left behind. This made it so theat the French wouldnt be able to resupply at these villages. Because of this the French armies numbers went from 680,000 to very little. Many soldiers either died or left Napoleon. This lead to an easy victory for the Russains. -
Battle pf leipzig
Napoleons first decisive defeat, Napoleon was forced back to France -
Exile to Elba
Napoleon is forced to leave the throne after being invaded after his defeat in the Battle of Leipzig, he is banished to the Medditeranian island of Elba -
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Hundred Days
This period marked Napoleons return to France from Elba and the secondrestoration of King Louis XV111 -
Battle of Waterloo
Decisive coalition victory led to Napoleons exile to st. Helena -
Exile to st. Helena
The Coalition didnt want any chance of Napoleons return so they Exiled him to a barren wind swept Island in the Atlantic -
Napoleons Death
This was a the day that one of the most powerful me in History died.
