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  • Napoleon

    Emperor of the French (r. 1804–1814, 1815)

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    Battles of Napoleon

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    Rochefort

    18

    Waterloo

    17

    Elba

    16

    Dizier

    15

    Leipzig

    14

    Berezina

    13

    Borodino

    12

    Wagram

    11

    Somosierra

    10

    Friedland

    9

    Jena

    8

    Austerlitz

    7

    Marengo

    6

    Cairo

    5

    Malta

    4

    Arcole

    3

    Paris

    2

    Toulon

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    Napoleon Bonaparte[b] (born Napoleone Buonaparte;[c] 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal nameNapoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815. He led the French Republic as First Consul from 1799 to 1804, then ruled th

    Timeline of the Napoleonic era

    Battles of Napoleon Bonaparte

    1000km
    620miles

    Waterloo

    18

    Saint-
    Dizier

    17

    Leipzig

    16

    Berezina

    15

    Borodino

    14

    Wagram

    13

    Somosierra

    12

    Friedland

    11

    Jena

    10

    Austerlitz

    9

    Marengo

    8

    Cairo

    7

    Malta

    6

    5

    4

    Paris

    3

    2

    Toulon

    1

      Napoleon as subordinate

      Napoleon in command

    Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.

    Early years

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    1769
    1785
    1793
    • December 22: For his brilliant tactical command (although a subordinate officer, he was widely credited for the victory) at an internal French Siege of Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of brigadier general
    1794
    • August 9–20: Napoleon is imprisoned under suspicion of being a Jacobin and a supporter of Robespierre.
    1795
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  • Napoleon Bonaparte

    Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the most successful generals of the French revolutionary armies. He was emperor of France from 1804-14, and in 1815.

    Napoleon Bonaparte (1768-1821) is regarded as one of history’s greatest military leaders. Born on 15 August 1769, Napoleon was educated at military school in France. He then joined the army where, following the outbreak of the French Revolution, he rapidly rose through the ranks.

    Taking power

    By 1796 he was commander of the French army and, in an attempt to disrupt British trade routes with India, he conquered Ottoman-ruled Egypt in 1798, despite the fact the British destroyed the fleet from which he had just landed his forces, in the action called the Battle of the Nile. 

    Returning to France a heroic leader in 1799, Napoleon became the country’s ‘first consul’, going on to become Emperor in 1804.

    In 1800, at the Battle of Marengo, Napoleon defeated the Austrians, thus establishing France’s power over co