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3 days ago · Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 until he was deposed on 4 September 1870.
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3 days ago · Carlo Buonaparte joined Paoli’s party, but, when Paoli had to flee, Buonaparte came to terms with the French. Winning the protection of the governor of Corsica, he was appointed assessor for the judicial district of Ajaccio in 1771. In 1778 he obtained the admission of his two eldest sons, Joseph and Napoleon, to the Collège d’Autun.
- Who was Napoleon?Napoleon I, also called Napoléon Bonaparte, was a French military general and statesman. Napoleon played a key role in the French Revolution (1789–...
- How did Napoleon become emperor of France?Napoleon first seized political power in a coup d’état in 1799. The coup resulted in the replacement of the extant governing body—a five-member Dir...
- What did Napoleon accomplish?Napoleon served as first consul of France from 1799 to 1804. In that time, Napoleon reformed the French educational system, developed a civil code...
- What happened to Napoleon?After a series of military defeats in 1812–13, Napoleon was forced to abdicate the French throne on April 6, 1814. Napoleon returned to power in ea...
- Was Napoleon short?No! “Le Petit Caporal” wasn’t petite—at least not by 19th-century standards. The estimated average height of a French man in 1820 was 5 feet 4 inch...
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3 days ago · Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord ( / ˌtælɪrænd ˈpɛrɪɡɔːr /, [1] French: [ʃaʁl mɔʁis də tal (ɛ)ʁɑ̃ peʁiɡɔʁ, – moʁ-]; 2 February 1754 – 17 May 1838), 1st Prince of Benevento, then Prince of Talleyrand, was a French secularised clergyman, statesman and leading diplomat. After studying theology, he became Agent ...
May 3, 2024 · Bonaparte: Napoleon I 1769–1821 Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine r. 1806–1813: Marie Louise 1791–1847 Duchess of Parma: Ferdinand I 1793–1875 President of the German Confederation Emperor of Austria r. 1835–1848: Maria Anna of Savoy 1803–1884: Maria Anna of Austria 1804–1858: Clementina of Austria 1798–1881: Leopold ...
3 days ago · Battle of Marengo, (June 14, 1800), narrow victory for Napoleon Bonaparte in the War of the Second Coalition, fought on the Marengo Plain about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Alessandria, in northern Italy, between Napoleon’s approximately 28,000 troops and some 31,000 Austrian troops under Gen. Michael Friedrich von Melas; it resulted in the Frenc...
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3 days ago · Siege of Mantua, (June 4, 1796–Feb. 2, 1797), the crucial episode in Napoleon Bonaparte’s first Italian campaign; his successful siege of Mantua excluded the Austrians from northern Italy. The city was easy to besiege: the only access to it was via five causeways over the Mincio River.
6 days ago · Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the most dynamic figures of the 19th Century. He enjoyed great military and political successes and suffered epic military defeats. He so dominated the European stage that the few decades either side of the turn of the century are referred to by a great many people as the Napoleonic era.
