Napoleon Bonaparte

Emperor of France who rose to power in the aftermath of the French Revolution in 1799 and waged war with every major European power in a series of wars known as the Napoleonic Wars. After a series of military failures he was finally defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and spent the last 6 years of his life in exile on the island of St. Helena.Despite his military prowess and his powerful empire, the scorched-earch tactics that Russia employed and the brutal winters ultimately led to his downfall during France's invasion of Russian in 1812.He sold Louisiana to Thomas Jefferson in 1803.

He considered entering the British Royal Navy but went to the elite Ecole Militaire in Paris instead.

His father was an attorney in Louis XVI's court, Carlo Buonaparte.

1785-9-28 Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51)
1791-11-21 Colonel Napoléon Bonaparte is promoted to full general and appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the French Republic.
1796-4-13 Battle at Millesimo Italy: Napoleon beats Austrians
1796-4-21 Napoleon and the French defeat the Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi
1796-5-10 Napoleon defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi Bridge
1796-5-15 First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.
1796-11-17 Battle of Arcole-Napoleon I's French forces beat Austrians in Italy
1797-5-12 First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
1797-6-14 Napoleon forms Ligurian Republic
1798-7-1 Napoleon's fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt
1798-7-21 Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of Pyramids in Egypt
1798-7-23 Napoleon captures Alexandria, Egypt
1799-1-9 British Prime Minister William Pitt introduces income tax to raise funds for the war against Napoleon.
1799-3-6 Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa, Palestine
1799-3-26 Napoleon captures Jaffa, Palestine
1799-4-16 Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Mount Tabor - Napoleon drives Ottoman Turks across the River Jordan near Acre.
1799-5-22 Napoleon makes statement in support of re-establishing Jerusalem for Jews
1799-7-15 The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.
1799-7-25 French-Egyptian forces under Napoleon I beat Turks at Battle of Abukir
1799-8-23 Napoleon leaves Egypt for France en route to seize power.
1799-11-9 Napoleon Bonaparte becomes dictator (1st consul) of France
1799-12-24 Jacobin plot against Napoleon uncovered
1801-7-16 Pope Pius VII & 1st consul Napoleon sign concord
1802-1-25 Napoleon Bonaparte elected president of Italian (Cisalpine) Republic
1802-8-2 Napoleon declared "Consul for Life"
1802-8-7 Napoleon orders re-instatement of slavery on St Domingue (Haiti)
1803-5-18 Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy & Switzerland
1804-12-2 Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned emperor of France in Paris
1805-5-26 Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned king of Italy
1805-9-30 Napoleon Bonaparte's army draws into the Rhine
1805-11-11 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein - 8000 French troops attempted to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force.
1807-1-20 Napoleon convenes great Sanhedrin, Paris
1807-2-8 Battle of Eylau ends inconclusively between Napoleon's forces and Russian Empire - 1st battle Napoleon isn't victorious
1807-2-9 French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon Bonaparte
1807-7-9 Treaties of Tilsit signed by Napoleon I and Alexander I.
1807-9-2 The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
1807-11-27 The Portuguese Royal Family leaves Lisbon to escape from Napoleonic troops
1808-3-23 Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain
1808-4-17 Bayonne Decree by Napoleon I of France orders seizure of US ships
1808-5-30 Napoleon Bonaparte annexes Tuscany & gave it seats in French Senate
1808-7-20 Napoleon decrees all French Jews adopt family names
1808-8-17 Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain
1809-4-20 Napoleon I and French forces defeat Austria at Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria
1809-4-22 Battle at Eckmuhl - Napoleon beats Austria Archduke Karl
1809-5-21 Battle of Aspern-Essling: Austrian archduke Karl beats Napoleon
1809-7-5 -6) Battle of Wagram - Napoleon beats archduke Charles
1810-2-20 Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, executed.
1810-8-9 Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.
1811-10-6 French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte visits Utrecht
1812-6-24 Napoleon Bonaparte's forces invade Russia crossing the Neman River
1812-9-7 Battle at Borodino: Napoleon-Kutuzov
1812-9-14 Napoleon occupies Moscow & fires start (fire extinguished on the 19th)
1812-9-15 French army under Napoleon reaches Kremlin, Moscow
1812-10-19 Napoleon's forces begin their retreat from Moscow
1812-10-23 Failed coup against emperor Napoleon
1812-10-24 Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
1812-11-3 Napoleonic armies defeated at Vyazma
1812-11-29 Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia
1812-12-14 The French Invasion of Russia, led by Napoleon, officially ends
1813-8-27 Battle of Dresden; Napoleon defeats Austrians
1813-10-16 Battle of Leipzig, largest battle in Europe prior to WWI, Napoleon's forces defeated by Prussia, Austria & Russia
1814-2-10 Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Champaubert, the French beat the Russians
1814-2-18 The Battle of Montereau; victory of French under Napoleon Bonaparte against Austrians and Württembergers under the King of Württemberg.
1814-3-7 Napoleon I of France wins the Battle of Craonne.
1814-3-30 Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris after defeating Napoleon.
1814-3-31 Forces allied against Napoleon capture Paris
1814-4-4 Napoleon abdicates for the first time in favour of his son.
1814-4-11 Napoleon abdicates unconditionally; he is exiled to Elba
1814-10-1 Opening of the Congress of Vienna, intended to redraw the Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoléon Bonaparte the previous spring.
1814-11-1 Congress of Vienna opens to re-draw the European political map after the defeat of France, in the Napoleonic Wars.
1815-2-26 Napoleon Bonaparte & his supporters leave Elba to start a 100-day re-conquest of France
1815-3-20 Napoleon enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule
1815-6-1 Napoleon Bonaparte swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.
1815-6-16 Battle at Ligny: French army under Napoleon beats Prussia
1815-6-18 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon and France defeated by British forces under Wellington and Prussian troops under Blucher
1815-6-22 2nd abdication of Napoleon (after Waterloo)
1815-10-15 Napoleon Bonaparte arrives on island of St Helena to begin his exile
1815-11-20 2nd Peace of Paris: France & allies after 2nd defeat and abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte.
1840-12-5 Napoleon Bonaparte receives a French state funeral in Paris 19 years after his death

Royalty Napoleon Bonaparte were born on Tuesday, birthstone is Peridot, the seaon was Summer in the Chinese year of , it is 220 days until Napoleon Bonaparte next birthday.

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