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Napoleon is Born
Napoleon Bonaparte is born in 1769, on Corsica, an island in the Mediterranean Sea. -
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The Life of Napoleon
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Napoleon becomes a captain
Napoleon becomes a captain in the French Army, starting his quick rise through the ranks. -
Napoleon becomes commander of the French armies in Italy
Napoleon rises through the ranks, after graduating from military school, and at age 27, becomes commander of the French armies stationed in Italy. -
Napoleon returns to France as a hero
He strategically struck Britian at Egypt -
Napoleon flees to Paris after being forced by Britian
After the british defeated the French Navy, after they tried to take Egypt, they were forced to flee. -
Napoleon overthrows the Directory
He took part in a coup d'etat that overthrew the Directory, and set up the consulate, a new government. -
The Napoleonic Code is created
Napoleon creates his new Civil Code, that preserved many revolutionary principles. -
Napoleon's army is defeated at Trafalgar
Napoleon and his combined French and Spanish army is defeated by the British navy at Trafalgar. Napoleon hoped to invade Britian, b ut he was again defeated by the enemy navy. -
Napoleon creates a new aristocracy
He created a new aristocracy, and between 1808 and 1814, he created around 3,200 nobles, made up of military officers and civil officials -
Napoleon dies in exile
After his army was bloddily defeated by the British and the Prussians, under the Duke of Wellington, he was exiled to the island of St. Helena, and died 6 years later. -
Did Napoleon preserve the gains/goals of the Revolution? or destroy them?
In my opinion, I think that Napoleon kind of did both, preserving the goals and ideals of the Revolution, but also destroying them at times. For example, he supported equality of all citizens before the law by enacting the Civil Code, which was based on many revolutionary principles. The Code also gave citizens the right to chose a profession, it introduced a higher tolerance for religion, and many other foundations. H
