History of Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte:

• 1769: Born at Ajaccio, in Corsica



• 1779: Begins study at the royal military acadmey



• 1785: Graduates from Ecole Militaire with arank of second lieutenant in the artillery
  
  
• 1786: Given command of the French army in Italy



• 1793: Accused of being too pro-French, him and his family ran away from their home in Corsica



• 1793: Receives the new rank of brigadier general



• 1794: Napoleon is imprisoned under suspicion of being a Jacobin and a supporter of Robespierre



• 1795: Promoted to General of the Army of the West



• 1795: The government assigns Napoleon the task of suppressing civil strife and rebellion against the Republic



• 1796: Napoleon marries Josephine



• 1796: Italian campaign against Austria begins



• 1796: Wins the Battle of Lodi



• 1796: Wins the Battle of Arcole



• 1797: Wins the Battle of Rivoli



• 1798: Begins his Egyptian campaign



• 1798: Under the command of Admiral Nelson, the British fleet destroys the French navy in the Battle of Abukir



• 1799: Following a coup d'etat, Napoleon becomes First Consul of the new French government



• 1800: Leads his army across the Alps in the Second Italian Campaign



• 1801: Escapes an assassination attempt



• 1802: Restructures French educational system



• 1802: New constitution adopted, making him First Consul for life



• 1804: Senate proclaims Napoleon Emperor



• 1804: Crowns himself Emperor in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris



• 1805: Crowned king of Italy in Milan



• 1805: The Battle of Trafalgar makes it another naval defeat to the British under the command of Admiral Nelson



• 1805: Victory in the Battle of Austerlitz against Austria and Russia



• 1806: Napoleon names his brother, Joseph Bonaparte, king of Naples



• 1807: Defeats the Russians at the Battle of Friedland



• 1808: Napoleon names Joseph Bonaparte King of Spain, and Murat King of Naples



• 1809: Divorces Josephine



• 1810: Marries Marie-Louise, Archduchess of Austria



• 1811: Napoleon's son born, referred to as the "King of Rome"



• 1812: Russian Campaign begins



• 1813: Prussia declares war on France



• 1814: Senate proclaims end of the Empire



• 1814: He is exiled to Elba



• 1815: Escaping Elba, Napoleon returns in South France



• 1815: Louis XVIII flees, Napoleon takes control, begins "Hundred Days" campaign



• 1815: Defeated in the Battle of Waterloo by the British and Prussians



• 1815: Abdicates for the second time



• 1815: He is exiled to Saint Helena for the 2nd time



• 1821: He dies