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Napoleon Bonaparte was born on Augest 15, 1769 in Ajaccio, France to Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino.
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On July 14, 1789 the Bastille was stormed signifying the start of the revolution. The third of estate which was the magority people were upset over the privalges the noble and clergy recieved and began to rebel.
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The Reign of Terror was a time of violence between the Jacobins and Girondins in which many people were executed for not supporting the French Revolution.
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The Battle of Toulon of Seige of Toulon was fought in Tulon, France and was an early Republican victory over a Royalist rebellion. It has been described as the "most crippling blow to the French navy in the second half of the 18th century".
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The French campaign in Egypt and Syria was Napoleons attempt to protect French trade interests, undermine Britain's access to India, and to establish scientific enterprise in the region.
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When Napoleon came to power as First Consul of France, and some say, ended the French Revolution.
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On Augest 2nd, 1802 Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Consul for life on the results of the plebiscite.
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The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement fought by the Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies, during the War of the Third Coalition.
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The Napoleonic code is the French civil code, established under Napoleon in 1804. The code forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs go to the most qualified.
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Battle of Austerlitz, also called Battle of the Three Emperors wa the first engagement of the War of the Third Coalition and one of Napoleon's greatest victories.
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The Continental System, in the Napoleonic wars was the blockade designed by Napoleon to paralyze Great Britain through the destruction of British commerce.
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Thus began the Peninsular War, an important phase of the Napoleonic Wars that was fought between France and much of Europe.
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The painting created by Jaques-Louis David was finished in November 1807. It was 6 meters long by 10 meters tall.
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The French invasion of Russia began on 24 June 1812 when Napoleon's Grande Armée crossed the Neman River in an attempt to engage and defeat the Russian army.
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Napoleons army lost many soldiers wehn going to Moscow due to starvation and extremely cold weather. They are forced to retreat.
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The Battle of Leipzig was fought by the coalition armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden against the French army of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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When Napoleon was was rejected, he was abdicated and was sent to Elba.
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Napoleon escaped Elba and regained his title for one hundred days before being overthrown again.
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The Battle of Waterloo, which took place in Belgium on June 18, 1815, marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon.
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Napoleon was again exiled, this time to St. Helena
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Napoleon died in exile by, most likely, stomach cancer.
