Napoleon’s Chronology
Date Event
March 31, 1814 Paris fell.
April 6, 1814 March 20, 1815 June 18, 1815 May 5, 1821 Napoleon abdicated. Napoleon escaped from Elba and returned to Paris. Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon died on Saint Helena.
Napoleon’s Chronology
Date Event
March 31, 1814 Paris fell.
April 6, 1814 March 20, 1815 June 18, 1815 May 5, 1821 Napoleon abdicated. Napoleon escaped from Elba and returned to Paris. Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon died on Saint Helena.
balance of Europe. Fought on June 18, 1815, near
Waterloo, in what is now Belgium, the battle ranks as a great turning point in modern history.
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May~June 1800 Bonaparte's second Italian campaign. May 1804 Referendum proclaimed Bonaparte as hereditary Emperor.
Napoleon’s Chronology
Date December 2, 1804 June 1812 September 7, 1812 October 1812 January 1814 Event The pope was brought to Paris for his coronation in Notre Dame. Invasion of Russia. Battle of Borodino. Retreat from Moscow began. Allies crossed the Rhine.
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Napoleon’s Campaign While allies in name, France and Russia were never real friends. Russia's economy was being hurt by Napoleon Bonaparte's Continental System that banned trade with Britain and internal pressures forced Tsar Alexander to turn a blind eye to those who broke it. Bonaparte decided to bring the Russians back into line and gathered a Grand Army of more than 500,000 men -- including contingents from all France's allies -- to frighten them. Bonaparte left the army on 5 December to return to Paris where a coup had been foiled and to raise another army. His troops dragged themselves on and on 7 December finally crossed the Niemen out of Russian territory. They had survived, but only 20,000 of them.
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In 1812 Napoleon lost half a million men when he invaded Russia in winter, and in 1814 the British, Russians, Prussians and Austrians entered Paris. They sent Napoleon to rule the island of Elba in the Mediterranean, but he collected an army around him and returned to Paris. He was soon defeated again, at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and was sent to the island of St. Helena in the south Atlantic, where he died in 1821.
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August 15, 1769 Born in Ajaccio, Corsia. April 1796 Italian campaign began. Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign began – War of the Second Coalition.
Napoleon’s Chronology
Date Event
March 31, 1814 Paris fell.
April 6, 1814 March 20, 1815 June 18, 1815 May 5, 1821 Napoleon abdicated. Napoleon escaped from Elba and returned to Paris. Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon died on Saint Helena.
Napoleon’s Chronology
Date Event
March 31, 1814 Paris fell.
April 6, 1814 March 20, 1815 June 18, 1815 May 5, 1821 Napoleon abdicated. Napoleon escaped from Elba and returned to Paris. Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon died on Saint Helena.
Napoleon Bonaparte 1. A Brief Introduction to Napoleon Bonaparte
2. Napoleon’s Chronology
3. The Battle of Waterloo 4. Napoleon’s Campaign
A Brief Introduction to Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte (1769−1821) Emperor of the French, who consolidated and institutionalized many reforms of the French Revolution. One of the greatest military commanders of all time, he conquered the larger part of Europe. During 1802--1815 Napoleon tried to gain control of the whole of Europe. He had great success against all his enemies except Britain, whose navy under Nelson defeated the French navy at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and whose army fought the Peninsular War against him from 1808 to 1814, making him weaker in his other campaigns.
Hale Waihona Puke May 1798May~June 1800 Bonaparte’s second Italian campaign. May 1804 Referendum proclaimed Bonaparte as hereditary Emperor.
Napoleon’s Chronology
Date December 2, 1804 June 1812 September 7, 1812 October 1812 January 1814 Event The pope was brought to Paris for his coronation in Notre Dame. Invasion of Russia. Battle of Borodino. Retreat from Moscow began. Allies crossed the Rhine.
Napoleon’s Chronology
Date December 2, 1804 June 1812 September 7, 1812 October 1812 January 1814 Event The pope was brought to Paris for his coronation in Notre Dame. Invasion of Russia. Battle of Borodino. Retreat from Moscow began. Allies crossed the Rhine.