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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.