https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4 One of history's greatest military leaders, Napoleon Bonaparte was a French general who also served as the country's first emperor. Napoleon sponsored the Napoleonic Code, reformed education, changed military organization and training, and forged the enduring Concordat with the Pope. en-us 2023-01-09 00:28:15 UTC 2023-01-16 14:19:23 UTC hello@padlet.com bautistaprincess911 https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437085697 On 15 August 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, in Corsica.]]> 2023-01-09 00:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437085697 bautistaprincess911 https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437085997 After completing his education in France, Napoleon joins the French military, becoming an artillery officer.

]]> 2023-01-09 00:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437085997 bautistaprincess911 https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437091597 The French Revolution begins, and Napoleon sides with the revolutionaries. He fights in the French Revolutionary Wars and in 1793 is promoted to brigadier general. In 1795 a new constitution in France places executive power in a five-member Directory. Napoleon becomes a respected adviser on military matters to the Directory.]]> 2023-01-09 00:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437091597 bautistaprincess911 https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437092137 Napoleon marries Joséphine Tascher de La Pagerie, the widow of General Alexandre de Beauharnais, in March 1796. He subsequently leads French forces to a series of victories against the Austrians in northern Italy. He negotiates the Treaty of Campo Formio in 1797. He attempts to conquer Egypt (1798–99) but is defeated by the British under Horatio Nelson in the Battle of the Nile. Unrest at home leads Napoleon to return to France.

]]> 2023-01-09 00:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437092137 bautistaprincess911 https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437093042 Napoleon joins a plot that overthrows the Directory on November 9–10 (18–19 Brumaire in the French republican calendar). This event is often considered the effective end of the French Revolution. A new government, the Consulate, is established, and Napoleon is made first consul, or leader of France.]]> 2023-01-09 00:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437093042 bautistaprincess911 https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437097040 A victory over Austria at the Battle of Marengo leaves France the dominant power on the continent.]]> 2023-01-09 00:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437097040 bautistaprincess911 https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437097677 In need of money, Napoleon sells the Louisiana Territory to the United States, abandoning the idea of a French empire in North America.]]> 2023-01-09 00:56:30 UTC https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437097677 bautistaprincess911 https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437098036 Napoleon’s numerous reforms in government include the Napoleonic Code, the French civil code enacted on March 21 that clarifies and makes uniform the laws of France. He also reconstructs the French education system. Napoleon declares France a hereditary empire and crowns himself emperor under the name Napoleon I.]]> 2023-01-09 00:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437098036 bautistaprincess911 https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437098774 At the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805, the British fleet under Nelson destroys the French navy. From this point on Napoleon will focus on land battles. He wins major victories in the Battles of Ulm and Austerlitz (1805), Jena and Auerstädt (1806), and Friedland (1807) against an alliance of Russia, Austria, Sweden, and Prussia. The battles are part of what come to be known as the Napoleonic Wars. The resulting Treaties of Tilsit (1807) and the Treaty of Schönbrunn (1809) leave most of Europe, from the English Channel to the Russian border, either part of the French Empire, controlled by France, or allied to it by treaty.]]> 2023-01-09 00:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437098774 bautistaprincess911 https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437099375 After divorcing Joséphine (who did not have any children with Napoleon) in 1809, Napoleon marries Marie-Louise, daughter of the emperor of Austria, in 1810. On March 20, 1811, Marie-Louise bears him a son, the future duke von Reichstadt.]]> 2023-01-09 00:59:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437099375 bautistaprincess911 https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437099899 Tsar Alexander I of Russia refuses to abide by Napoleon’s policy forbidding trade with Britain. Napoleon begins an ill-fated invasion of Russia. ]]> 2023-01-09 01:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437099899 bautistaprincess911 https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437100755 The Battle of Leipzig (October 1813) results in the destruction of what is left of French power in Germany and Poland. Napoleon is forced to withdraw west of the Rhine River. Allied forces invade France, capturing Paris on March 30, 1814. Napoleon is forced to abdicate on April 6 and is forced into exile on the island of Elba, off the west coast of Italy.]]> 2023-01-09 01:01:36 UTC https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437100755 bautistaprincess911 https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437101340 Napoleon manages to muster a force and returns to France to reestablish himself as emperor for the Hundred Days, but he is decisively defeated at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18. Four days later, Napoleon abdicates for the last time. He is exiled again, this time to Saint Helena, an island in the South Atlantic Ocean.]]> 2023-01-09 01:02:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437101340 bautistaprincess911 https://padlet.com/bautistaprincess911/gkjukgxyiyakrzt4/wish/2437101509 Napoleon dies on Saint Helena.

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