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Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; [1] [b] 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French emperor and military commander who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. He was the leader of the French Republic as First Consul ...
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Napoleon II (Napoléon François Joseph Charles Bonaparte; 20...
- Napoleon's Tomb
Sarcophagus of Napoleon. Napoleon's tomb (French: tombeau de...
- Casualties
A mass grave of soldiers killed at the Battle of Waterloo....
- Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts...
- Coronation of Napoleon I
Napoleon and Joséphine were crowned Emperor and Empress of...
- Charles, Count Léon
Charles Léon Denuelle de la Plaigne, Count Léon (13 December...
- The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at The Tuileries
Iconography. Vertical in format, it shows Napoleon standing,...
- Death Mask of Napoleon
History. Napoleon's original death mask was created on 7 May...
- The Coronation of Napoleon
The Coronation of Napoleon (French: Le Sacre de Napoléon)...
- Style of The French Sovereign
The Bonapartist legacy, the title was instituted in 1804 by...
- Napoleon II
- Birth and Education
- Early Military Career
- Ruler of France
- Re-Introducing Slavery
- Emperor of France
- Exile in Elba
- The Hundred Days
- Second Exile and Death
- Legacy
- Sources
Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Casa Buonaparte in the town of Ajaccio, Corsica, on the 15th of August 1769. This was one year after the island was given to France by the Republic of Genoa. He was the second of eight children. He was named Napoleone di Buonaparte. He took his first name from an uncle who had been killed fighting the French. However,...
Napoleon was able to enter the military academy at Brienne in 1779. He was nine years old when he entered the academy. He moved to the Parisian École Royale Militaire in 1784 and graduated a year later as a second lieutenant of artillery. Napoleon was able to spend much of the next eight years in Corsica. There he played an active part in political...
Bonaparte returned to Paris in October 1799. France's situation had been improved by a series of victories but the Republic was bankrupt, and the ineffective Directory was unpopular with the French population. He was approached by one of the Directors, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, for his support in a coup to overthrow the constitutional government. The...
After the French Revolution, the National Convention voted to abolish slavery in February 1794. This was a problem, because French colonies such as Saint Domingue procuded a lot of sugarcane,. The production was very labor-intensive, and relied on the fact that slaves did a lot of the hard work. Saint Domingue also gained a lot of autonomy from Fra...
In February 1804, a British-financial plot against Bonaparte was uncovered by the former police minister Joseph Fouche. It gave Napoleon a reason to start a hereditary dynasty. On December 2, 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself "Emperor of the French". The people of France did not see him as the monarch of the old regime because of his holding...
Napoleon had no choice but to abdicate in favor of his son. However, the Allies refused to accept this. Napoleon abdicated without conditions on April 11, 1814. Before his official abdication, Napoleon attempted suicide with a pill but it did not work. In the Treaty of Fontainebleau the victors exiled him to Elba, an island of 12,000 inhabitants in...
Separated from his son and wife, who had come under Austrian control, cut off from the allowance guaranteed to him by the Treaty of Fontainebleau, and aware of rumours he was about to be banished to a remote island in the Atlantic Ocean, Napoleon escaped from Elba on February 26 1815. He made a surprise march on March 1, 1815 to Paris. His former t...
Napoleon was sent to the island of Saint Helena, off the coast of Africa. He died on May 5 1821 of stomach cancer. Napoleon kept himself up to date of the events through The Times and hoped for release in the event that Hollandbecame Prime Minister. There were other plots to rescue Napoleon from captivity including one from Texas, where exiled sold...
French people remain proud of Napoleon's glory days. The Napoleonic Code reflects the modern French Constitution. Weapons and other kinds of military technology remained largely static through the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, but 18th century operational mobility underwent significant change. Napoleon's biggest influence was in the conduct of...
Citations
1. McLynn, Frank (1998). Napoleon. Pimlico. p. 6. ISBN 0712662472. 2. McLynn 1998, p.6 3. Bresler 1999, p.15–16 4. Asprey 2000, p.4 5. McLynn 1998, p.2 6. Cronin 1994, p.20–21 7. "Cathedral—Ajaccio". La Fondation Napoléon. Retrieved 2008-05-31. 8. "L'Empire et le Saint-Siège. Napoléon et la religion". 9. James, C.L.R. (2001) [1963], The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution, Penguin Books, pp. 141–142. 10. "Remembering that Napoleon reinstate...
The House of Bonaparte is a former imperial and royal European dynasty of Italian origin. It was founded in 1804 by Napoleon I, the son of Corsican nobleman Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Buonaparte (née Ramolino). Napoleon was a French military leader who rose to power during the French Revolution and who, in 1804, transformed the French First ...
Napoléon Bonaparte; 26 janvier 1802 – 17 mars 1805 (3 ans, 1 mois et 19 jours) Vice-président Francesco Melzi d'Eril: Prédécesseur Fonction créée République cisalpine: Successeur Lui-même (roi d'Italie) Enrico De Nicola (président en 1946) Premier consul de la République Consul à vie à partir de 1802 Napoléon Bonaparte; 9 ...
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Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French emperor and military commander who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. He was the leader of the French Republic as First Consul from 1799 to 1804, then of the French Empire as Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and briefly again in 1815 ...
The military career of Napoleon Bonaparte spanned over 20 years. He led French armies in the French Revolutionary Wars and later, as emperor, in the Napoleonic Wars. Despite his rich war-winning record, Napoleon's military career ended in defeat. Napoleon has since been regarded as a military genius and one of the finest commanders in history.
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Napoleón Bonaparte (nacido Napoleone Buonaparte; Ajaccio, 15 de agosto de 1769- Santa Elena, 5 de mayo de 1821) más tarde conocido por su nombre regio Napoleón I, fue un militar y político francés de origen italiano nacido en Córcega que saltó a la fama durante la Revolución francesa y dirigió exitosas campañas durante las Guerras ...
