The life of Napolean Bonaparte

birth- christened Napoleone di Buonaparte

Aug 15, 1769

born to Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino in Ajaccio, Corsica

the life of Napoleon

Period: Aug 15, 1769 to May 5, 1821

baptised as a catholic just before 2nd birthday

Jul 21, 1771

father named representative of Corsica in the court of King louie the sixteenth

Nov 22, 1777

admitted into religous school in atun, france

Jan 3, 1779

admitted in to military school

Jan 17, 1779

there an instructor noted his application in mathematics and knowledge of history and geography. Said he would become a good sailor

after completing military school Napoleon was admitted to the elite École Militaire in Paris

Nov 22, 1784

became the first the first Corsican to graduate from the Ecole Militaire. and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in La Fère artillery regimen

Sep 22, 1785

french revolution breaks out

Nov 22, 1789

convinced french authorities to promote him to the rank of captain

Jul 22, 1792

returned home again to enter into conflict with Pasquale Paoli

Nov 22, 1792

Paoli had decided to split with france and tried to sabotage a French assault on the Sardinian island of La Maddalena, where Napoleon was one of the expedition leaders

forced to flee with family because of conflict with Paoli

Jun 22, 1793

goes to war with Egypt

Nov 22, 1798

effort to expand french presence in africa he attacked egypt

brought the metric system to Euroupe

Dec 22, 1799

though not very popular then it is now the most used system of measurement in the world

debts of france forced him to sell off the louisiana territory to preident thomas jefferson

Apr 22, 1803

crowns himself emperor of france

Dec 22, 1804

after assasination plot fails the peoples faith is renewed in dictatorship

exiled to saint helena

Dec 22, 1815

died

May 5, 1821

health had begun to fail rapidly after exile eventually deth took him