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Napoleon Bonaparte is seen as one of history’s greatest military leaders. He rose out of the French
Revolution and had served the French Empire from 1804 to 1814, then exiled to the island of Elba on the coast
of Tuscany, then came back in 1815, His reign ended in Waterloo on 18 June 1815 while fighting the Russian
Empire, during the Napoleonic Wars and he was exiled again.
He was born on 15 August 1769, in Corsica
Died on 5 may 1821 on the Atlantic island of Saint Helena
Napoleon was the second of eight surviving children born to Carlo Maria Bonaparte,
Napoleon was married twice: Joséphine de Beauharnais, from 1796-1810,
Marie Louise [Later known as the Duchess of Parma], from 1810-1821, His second wife gave him a son Napoleon
Bonaparte II
Napoleon suffered from abdominal pain, nausea, night serrates and fever. When he was not constipated he had
diarrhea; he lost weight. Lips, gums, and nails were colourless, his speech became slurred. But no one knows
what caused his death in 1821. There are theories on how he died, arsenic poisoning by the British, stomach
cancer, or absorbed arsenic from his surroundings; cosmetics, hair tonic, cigarettes, sealing wax, cooking
pots, insect-repellent powders, rait poison, cake icing – all were toxic. But a study shows that most people
during the 19th century had lots of arsenic in them.
Napoleon is buried in a crypt in Les Invalides in Paris.
- Napoleon believed he was the born leader of France and Europe.
- Was the first Consul, making him France’s leading political figure of the The Coup of 18 Brumaire
- Trying to restore post-revolutionary France and sought to improve relations between his regime and the pope, who represented the religion of Catholicism
- 1802 became first consul for life, and in 1804 crowned himself emperor of Frnace and lavish ceremony at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
- Began many wars, starting in 1803, selling France’s Louisiana Territory in North America to the Americans for $15 million.
- Fought against the British, and lost during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, but the same year had one of his greatest victories at the battle of Austerlitz, in which Napoleon defeated the Austrians and Russians.
- 1805 Napoleon cause the end of the Holy Roman Empire, and created the Confederation of the Rhine
- 1806, Napoleon sought to wage large scale economic warfare against the British, with the establish of the so-called Continental System of Euoprean port blockades against British Trade.
- After escaping Elba, and sailed to French mainland with a group more then 1000 supporters, and returned to paris, where he was welcomed by cheering crowds, the new king, Louis XVIII, fled, and Napolen began what came to be known as his Hundred Days campaign.
- After a year, he was forced to abdicate for a second time, and was held on a British-held island of Saint Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean , where he died at the age of 51.
- Napoleon Demonstarated Exception Military Skills During the Siege of Toulon
- He Won the Battle of 13 Vendemiare to end the threat to the Revolutionary government
- He Led the French to Vicory in the Italian Campaign Against the First Coalition
- As First Consul, Napoleon became the head of the republican government in France
- He laid the foundation for Modern French Education
- His Influential code napoleon served a template around the world
- He established himself as a military genius in the war against the 3rd coalition
- Emperor napoleon made France dominant power in Europe
- He Won the Battle of Wagram to break the fifth coalition against France
- he escaped from Exile in Elba to become emperor again
- Napoleon and the Rosette Stone – to conquer Egypt, helping lead scientific discovery into modern Egyptology on ancient Egyptian history