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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was emperor of France as Napoleon I from 1804-1814 and ruler over much of Europe. |
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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was emperor of France as Napoleon I from 1804-1814 and ruler over much of Europe. |
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Napoleon was born on Corsica, which had been occupied by the French. His father arranged for an education of Napoleon in France. Napoleon moved to France at the age of nine; he initially considered himself a foreigner and outsider and hated the French. He had become an officer in the French army when the French revolution began in 1789. Napoleon returned to Corsica, where a dictator was trying to separate from France. Civil war broke out, and Napoleon's family had to flee to France. Napoleon supported the revolution and quickly rose through the ranks. In 1793, he free Toulon from the royalists and the British troups supporting them. In 1795, when royalists marched against the National Convention in Paris, he had them shot. |
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Napoleon was born on Corsica, which had been occupied by the French. His father arranged for an education of Napoleon in France. Napoleon moved to France at the age of nine; he initially considered himself a foreigner and outsider and hated the French. He had become an officer in the French army when the French revolution began in 1789. Napoleon returned to Corsica, where a dictator was trying to separate from France. Civil war broke out, and Napoleon's family had to flee to France. Napoleon supported the revolution and quickly rose through the ranks. In 1793, he freed Toulon? from the royalists and the British troups supporting them. In 1795, when royalists marched against the National Convention in Paris, he had them shot. |
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Nicknamed "the Little Corporal", Napoleon was a brilliant military strategist. When appointed commander in chief of the ill-equipped French army in Italy, he managed to defeat Austrian forces repeatedly. Austria had to negotiate an unfavorable treaty; at the same time, Napoleon organized a coup in 1797 which removed several royalists from power in Paris. |
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Nicknamed "the Little Corporal", Napoleon was a brilliant military strategist. When appointed commander in chief of the ill-equipped French army in Italy, he managed to defeat Austrian forces repeatedly. Austria, led by Archduke Charles had to negotiate an unfavorable treaty; at the same time, Napoleon organized a coup in 1797 which removed several royalists from power in Paris. |
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He instituted several lasting reforms in the educational, judicial, financial and administrational system. His set of civil laws, the [Napoleonic code]?, has importance to this day. |
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He instituted several lasting reforms in the educational, judicial, financial and administrational system. His set of civil laws, the Napoleonic Code, has importance to this day. |
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In 1800, Napoleon attacked and defeated Austria again; afterwards, the British also signed a peace treaty. But after Napoleon enlarged his influence to Switzerland and Germany, a dispute over Malta provided the pretext for Britain to declare war on France in 1803, and support French royalists opposed to Napoleon. Napoleon however crowned himself Emperor in 1804, in a bizarre scene when he took the crown out of the hands of [Pope Pius VII]? and placed it on his own head. |
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In 1800, Napoleon attacked and defeated Austria again; afterwards, the British also signed a peace treaty. But after Napoleon enlarged his influence to Switzerland and Germany, a dispute over Malta provided the pretext for Britain to declare war on France in 1803, and support French royalists opposed to Napoleon. Napoleon however crowned himself Emperor in 1804, in a bizarre scene when he took the crown out of the hands of [Pope Pius VII]? and placed it on his own head. |
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