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Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821. Aug. 5, 1769 Born in Corsica Attended military academy at age 9 Upon graduation entered the Ecole Militaire in Paris Studied artillery Became a hero of the siege of Toulon Sept. 18-Dec. 18, 1793 Briefly arrested in 1794 after the fall of Robespierre
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Aug. 5, 1769 Born in Corsica Attended military academy at age 9 Upon graduation entered the Ecole Militaire in Paris Studied artillery Became a hero of the siege of Toulon Sept. 18-Dec. 18, 1793 Briefly arrested in 1794 after the fall of Robespierre Oct. 5, 1795 Whiff of Grape Oct. 15, 1795 Met Josephine March 9, 1796 Married Josephine Early Life
War of the First Coalition 1793-1797 Napoleon’s Italian Campaign 1796-1797 Montenette April 12, 1796 Mondovi April 21, 1796 Lodi May 10, 1796 Treaty of Campo Formio October 17, 1797 War of the First Coalition
Egyptian Campaign 1798-1801 July 21, 1798 Battle of the Pyramids Aug. 1-2, 1798 Battle of the Nile Aug. 1799 Bonaparte departed for Paris to quell an insurrection against the Directory November 9-10, 1799 Napoleon led a coup against the Directory; became First Consul June 14 1800 Battle of Marengo Treaty of Luneville War of the Second Coalition 1798-1801
July 15, 1801 Concordat with the Pope March 25,1802 Treaty of Amiens (Britain) May 3, 1804 Louisiana sold to the US May 18, 1804 Napoleon declared emperor Dec. 2, 1804 Napoleon’s coronation Napoleon in Power 1801-1805
Grande Armee Oct. 19, 1805 Battle of Ulm Oct. 21, 1805 Battle of Trafalgar Dec. 2, 1805 Battle of Austerlitz Dec. 26, 1806 Treaty of Pressburg War of the Third Coalition1805-1806
1806 Prussia joined the coalition against France Oct. 14, 1806 Battle of Jena-Auerstadt Oct. 27, 1806 Berlin fell Nov. 21, 1806 Continental System Feb. 8, 1807 Battle of Eylau June 14, 1807 Battle of Friedland July 7, 1807 Treaty of Tilsit War of the Fourth Coalition 1806-1807
1808 Spanish invasion Jan. 10, 1810 Napoleon divorced Josephine April 2, 1810 Married Marie Louise Napoleon
June 24, 1812 Grande Armee invaded Russia; 690,000 troops Aug. 17, 1812 Battle of Smolensk Sept. 7, 1812 Battle of Borodino; largest of the Napoleonic Era Sept. 14 Moscow captured Oct.-Nov. 1812 Retreat from Moscow Napoleon in Russia 1812
July 29, 1813 Congress of Prague Oct. 16-19, 1813 Battle of Nations March 30, 1813 Paris fell to allied coalition April 6, 1813 Napoleon abdicates Exiled to Elba Defeat of Napoleon
Nov. 1, 1814 Congress of Vienna Feb. 26, 1815 Napoleon escaped Elba June 18, 1815 Battle of Waterloo June 22, 1815 Napoleon’s second abdication Oct. 16, 1815 Napoleon arrived in exile at St. Helena The Hundred Days