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Napoleon´s Biography

Napoleon Bonaparte ;( 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I, whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century.


Napoleon was born in Corsica to parents of noble Genoese ancestry and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France.

After a streak of victories, France secured a dominant position in continental Europe, and Napoleon maintained the French sphere of influence through the formation of extensive alliances and the appointment of friends and family members to rule other European countries as French client states.

Napoleon's campaigns are studied at military academies the world over.

The French invasion of Russia in 1812 marked a turning point in Napoleon's fortunes. His Grand Army was badly damaged in the campaign and never fully recovered. In 1813, the Sixth Coalition defeated his forces at Leipzig; the following year the Coalition invaded France, forced Napoleon to abdicate and exiled him to the island of Elba.

Conquests

Rupture of the peace of Amiens in May 1803 until the fall of the Empire in 1814 and the interlude of the Hundred Days in 1815, the war was continual. Some accuse the insatiable ambition of the emperor: new Alexandre, it believed himself intended to dominate the world; for others, its ambition was restricted to organize new Europe dominated by France.

Others still point out the heritage of the Revolution: Napoleon was to defend the natural borders that its adversaries and especially Great Britain did not want to recognize in France. Noticing that Great Britain was present in all the successive coalitions directed against France, others reflect ahead the role of the British imperialism, which could not accept the Napoleonean attempts to compete with it in the economic domain: even when it wished peace, Napoleon ran up against the British opposition.

Most Important Battles-Time Line

1769	He was Born in Ajaccio (Corcega).
1784	He studies in the military school of Brienne.
1785	He finishes his studies in the military school of Paris.
1789	He participated in the insurrection of Córcega.
1793	He obtains the charge of general because of his merits in war.
1795	He saved the National Convention (Republican revolutionary French government) of a Parisian insurrection.
1796	He was appointed commander in chief of the army of Italy, winning numerous victories. He married Josephine de Beauharnais.
1798-99	Italian and Egyptian Campaigns. Assault in La Valletta, Battle of the Pyramids.
1799	He failed in the conquest of Syria and returned to France. He takes power in France through a coup state. He was appointed First Consul, which happened to be the main ruler of France, with dictatorial powers.
1800	Beat Austria at the Battle of Marengo and consolidated his conquests in northern Italy. New Constitution.Leer fonéticamente Diccionario - Ver diccionario detalladoadjetivo Life
1802	He was appointed Consul for Life.
1804	Emperor of the French in Notre Dame. Austria and Russia defeated at the battle of Austerlitz.
1805	Defeat of Austria and Russia at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1806	Sets the Confederation of the Rhine and passes control of Poland. Creates the Continental System, designed to block and ruin the English trade.
1807	Invasion to Portugal.
1808	Appoints his brother, King of Spain José I. War of independence from Spain and Portugal, which will last six years.
1809	He annexed Rome and the Papal States.
1810	Marriage to the Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, daughter of Emperor Francis I.
1812	Disastrous Campaign in Russia.
1814	Abdicates as emperor and exile on the island of Elba.
1815	Escape from Elba, he returned to France and took power. European Coalitions you defeat at Waterloo. Deported to the African island of St. Helena.
1821	He dies on the island of St. Helena.

Map of the French colonies in Africa (yellow):Like in America other colonies were supporting Napoleon when this one I take some countries.

Map of Napoleon's colonies in America:Some of the Spanish and Dutch colonies supported Napoleon in the revolution due to the fact that this one took Spain and Netherlands.

Map of Europe:Expansions of the Napoleonic empire from 1789 until 1804 and his countries and conditions dominated.

Links

1.http://www.kalipedia.com/popup/popupWindow.html?tipo=imagen&titulo=El+imperio+napole%F3nico&url=/kalipediamedia/historia/media/200707/17/hisuniversal/20070717klphisuni_98.Ees.LCO.png
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3.http://html.rincondelvago.com/000683470.jpg
4.http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/bonapartenapoleon/a/bionapoleon.htm
5.http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95aug/napoleon.html
6.http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95aug/napoleon.html
7.http://www.historyhome.co.uk/c-eight/france/hundred.htm
8.http://www.trabel.com/waterloo/waterloo-thebattle.htm
9.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzYkGIaZdjg&feature=related
10.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvk6QARCP6E&feature=player_embedded
11.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-8sT0UrRNc&feature=player_embedded
12.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vlcuvrM1po&feature=player_embedded
13.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEeGCgpI71A&feature=player_embedded
14.http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_napoleonic.html

Short Biography

Napoleon Bonaparte in Egypt

The Battle of Waterloo

100 Days Empire Video

100 Days Empire

The Hundred Days, sometimes known as the Hundred Days of Napoleon or Napoleon's
Hundred Days for specificity, marked the period between Emperor Napoleon I of France's return from exile on Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 (a period of 111 days). This period saw the War of the Seventh Coalition, and includes the Waterloo Campaign and the Neapolitan War. The phrase les Cent Jours was first used by the prefect of Paris, Gaspard, Comte de Chabrol, in his speech welcoming the King.

Napoleon returned while the Congress of Vienna was sitting. On 13 March, seven days before Napoleon reached Paris, the powers at the Congress of Vienna declared him an outlaw; four days later the United Kingdom, Russia, Austria and Prussia, members of the Seventh Coalition, bound themselves to put 150,000 men each into the field to end his rule. This set the stage for the last conflict in the Napoleonic Wars, the defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, the restoration of the French monarchy for the second time and the permanent exile of Napoleon to the distant island of Saint Helena, where he died in May 1821.

End of his Period

Napoleon was betrayed by his allied Alexander the First, he was press by the Russian politics and considering coward. So he attacks Poland that was a province of Napoleon. So this decided to invade Russia. The French don’t battle so much but they get to Moscow. But what was happening. The Russian tactic was burned the villages and moved to the next town making the French chase them. When the French get to Moscow it was nothing all was burned. When the winter came the Russians attack a weak French army and defeated Napoleon. So Napoleon returned to France.
The Russians took Poland and the Russian Territory that the French took, Great Britain, Spain, Portugal and Prussia join the Russian in his coalition. Napoleon went to the Rin Confederation and sent damage to the Allies armies. But then Austria and Sweden join the coalition. So in the Battle of Nations Napoleon lost and escape to the island of Elba.
The Politics were taking the power of France again. The French were governed by a new king Louis XVIII while Napoleon was in Elba. The Allies made his to abdicate his power in France and Italy. However Napoleon had a plan.
He escaped from Elba and restored his power in Paris. Quickly he formed and army and face the allies in Belgium. So in the Battle of Waterloo Napoleon fall and lost the Battle. That was all for him and he pass the rest of his life in an African island called Saint Helen.

Why is Napoleon important?

Napoleon Bonaparte was a military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I, whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century.

Napoleon has become a worldwide cultural icon who symbolizes military genius and political power. Since his death, many towns, streets, ships, and even cartoon characters have been named after him. He has been portrayed in hundreds of films and discussed in hundreds of thousands of books and articles.

Achievements in Law, Education, Religion, Economy

In law he ordered to create the Napoleon code. He believes in religion because his family also believes and because he wants that all have the same power; he reduces the price of the taxes to reorganize the state.
He manages to optimize the performance of the government, turning it into an effective military country; he improves the economy creating the first national bank of France and he instituted a higher education.