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  1. Aug 22, 2022 · Napoleon Bonaparte lived one of the most extraordinary of all human lives. In the space of just twenty years, from October 1795 when as a young artillery captain he cleared the streets of Paris of insurrectionists, to his final defeat at the (horribly mismanaged) battle of Waterloo in June 1815, Napoleon transformed France and Europe.

  2. Napoleon Bonaparte created the French Empire. • Allied forces defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. The Impact Today The events that occurred during this time period still impact our lives today. • The French Revolution became the model for revolution in the modern world. • The power of nationalism was first experienced during the French ...

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  4. NAPOLEON AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE EM PIRE 341. imperial faction could not have hoped to proceed, was made up of various sec-. tions of the people of France, including the military and ...

  5. W eber took Napoleon to be the embodiment of charismatic author ity, one. of his three ‘ideal-types’ of political authority. As these insights make clear, Napoleon’ s transfor mation of the ...

  6. Between 1805 and 1810, having crushed three European coalitions, Napoleonic France emerged as the dominant continental power, extending its imperium from the Atlantic coastline of Spain to the rolling plains of Poland. Along the way, the French armies prompted important changes in Europe.

  7. 13.1: The Rise of Napoleon's Empire. Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean. Since Corsica had been won by France as a prize in one of its many wars, Napoleon was a French citizen. Although his family was not rich, they did have a legitimate noble title, which made Napoleon eligible to join the officer corps ...

  8. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution (1789-1799).