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FR	Sc	Bd	1749	Nov	17	Nicolas Appert is born, who later invents the modern food-canning process while trying to help Napoleon Bonaparte conquer Europe
FR	Sc	Ed	1785	Sep	01	Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51)
FR	Sc	Md	1796	Mar	09	Napoleon Bonaparte marries Joséphine de Beauharnais
IT	Cf	Fv		Apr	13	Battle of Millesimo Italy: Napoleon Bonaparte beats Austrians
IT	Cf	Fv			21	Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi
IT	Cf	Fv			28	Napoleon Bonaparte moves into Italy with the Armistice of Cherasco (later to become the Peace of Paris)
EU	Cf	Fv		May	10	Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi
IT	Cf	Fv		Nov	17	Battle of the Bridge of Arcole: Napoleon Bonaparte’s French forces beat Austrians in Italy
FR	Sc	Md	1797	May	05	Napoleon Bonaparte’s sister Elisa marries Felice Baciocchi
IT	Sc	Cm		Jun	14	Napoleon Bonaparte forms Ligurian Republic
AF	??	??	1798	Jul	01	Napoleon Bonaparte’s fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt
AF	Cf	Fv			2	Napoleon Bonaparte captures Alexandria, Egypt
AF	Cf	Fv			21	Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of the Pyramids in Egypt
AF	Cf	Fv	1799	Mar	07	Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa, Palestine
AF	Cf	Fv				Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa, Palestine
FR	Sc	Rn		Apr	14	Napoleon Bonaparte calls for establishing Jerusalem for Jews
AF	Sc	Gv			20	Napoleon Bonaparte issues a decree calling for establishing Jerusalem for Jews
AF	Cf	Fv		Jul	25	French-Egyptian forces under Napoleon Bonaparte beat Turks at Battle of Abukir
FR	Sc	Gv		Nov	09	Napoleon Bonaparte becomes dictator (first consul) of France
EU	Sc	Md	1800	Jan	20	Napoleon Bonaparte’s sister Caroline Bonaparte marries King Joachim Murat of Naples
IT	Cf	Fv		Jun	14	Battle of Marengo (Alessandria): Napoleon Bonaparte beats Austria
FR	??	??		Dec	24	Jacobin plot against Napoleon Bonaparte uncovered
??	??	??	1801	Jul	16	Pope Pius VII and first consul Napoleon Bonaparte sign concord
IT	Sc	Gv	1802	Jan	25	Napoleon Bonaparte elected president of Italian (Cisalpine) Republic
FR	??	??		May	19	French Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur (Legion of Honor) is established by Napoleon Bonaparte
FR	Sc	Gv		Aug	02	Napoleon Bonaparte declared "Counsel for Life"
NA	Sc	Gv			07	Napoleon Bonaparte orders re-instatement of slavery on St. Domingue (Haiti)
GB	Cf	Nw	1803	May	18	Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy and Switzerland
??	??	??	1804	Feb	23	Conspirators against Napoleon Bonaparte, for restoration of Louis XVIII
FR	Sc	Gv		May	18	Senate and Tribune declare Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of France
FR	Sc	Gv				Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France
FR	Sc	Gv		Dec	02	Napoleon Bonaparte and wife Joséphine de Beauharnais coronated are crowned as emperor/empress of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII
IT	Sc	Gv	1805	May	26	Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned king of Italy
??	??	??		Sep	30	Napoleon Bonaparte’s army draws into the Rhine
??	??	??		Dec	02	Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Russians and Austrians at Austerlitz
EU	Sc	Gv	1806	Nov	21	The Berlin Decree: Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte bans all trade with England
NA	Sc	Bd	1807	Jan	13	Future Union General Napoleon Bonaparte Buford is born
FR	Sc	Gv			20	Napoleon Bonaparte convenes great Sanhedrin, Paris
EU	Cf	Nw		Feb	08	Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Russians in Battle of Eylau
FR	??	??			09	French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon Bonaparte
SP	Sc	Gv	1808	Mar	23	Napoleon Bonaparte’s brother Joseph Bonaparte takes the throne of Spain
??	??	??		Apr	17	Bayonne Decree by Napoleon Bonaparte of France orders seizure of U.S. ships
??	??	??		May	30	Napoleon Bonaparte annexes Tuscany and gave it seats in French Senate
SP	Sc	Gv		Jun	06	Joseph Bonaparte appointed King of Spain and the Indies by his younger brother, Napoleon Bonaparte
??	??	??		Jul	20	Napoleon Bonaparte decrees all French Jews adopt family names
??	??	??		Aug	17	Napoleon Bonaparte asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain
EU	Cf	Nw	1809	Apr	20	Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Austria in the Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria
EU	Cf	Nw			22	Battle of Eckmühl completed - Napoleon Bonaparte beats Austria arch duke Charles of Austria
EU	Cf	Nw		May	21	Battle of Aspern-Essling begins: Austrian arch duke Charles of Austria beats Napoleon Bonaparte
FR	Sc	Md		Dec	16	Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate
FR	Sc	Md	1810	Jan	10	Marriage of Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine ends in divorce
EU	Sc	Md		Mar	11	Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte marries (by proxy) Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria
NE	Sc	Gv	1811	Oct	06	French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte visits Utrecht
EU	Cf	Nw	1812	Jan	09	Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon Bonaparte
AS	Cf	Nw		Jun	24	Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grand Army invades Russia
EU	Cf	Nw		Jul	23	Battle of Mogilev: Napoleon Bonaparte beats Czar Alexander I of Russia
AS	Cf	Nw		Sep	07	Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Bonaparte vs. Kutuzov
AS	Cf	Nw			14	Napoleon Bonaparte occupies Moscow and fires start (fire extinguished on the 19th)
EU	Cf	Nw			15	French army under Napoleon Bonaparte reaches Kremlin, Moscow
AS	Cf	Nw		Oct	19	Napoleon Bonaparte begins his retreat from Moscow
??	??	??			23	Failed coup against emperor Napoleon Bonaparte
EU	Cf	Nw		Nov	29	The Battle of Berezina ends as Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grand Army crosses the Berezina River in retreat from Russia
??	Cf	Nw	1813	Aug	26	Battle of Dresden-Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Austrians
EU	Cf	Nw		Oct	16	Battle of Leipzig begins (Napoleon Bonaparte vs Prussia, Austria and Russia)
FR	Cf	Nw	1814	Mar	30	Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon Bonaparte
FR	Cf	Nw			31	Forces allied against Napoleon Bonaparte capture Paris
FR	Sc	Gv		Apr	11	First abdication of France’s Napoleon Bonaparte, who is then banished to Elba
FR	Cf	Nw		May	30	First Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon Bonaparte’s first abdication
??	??	??	1815	Feb	26	Napoleon Bonaparte and 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France
FR	Sc	Gv		Mar	20	Napoleon Bonaparte enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule
EU	Cf	Nw		Jun	16	Battle of Ligny: French army under Napoleon Bonaparte beats Prussia
EU	Cf	Nw			18	Napoleon Bonaparte defeated by Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher at the Battle of Waterloo
FR	Cf	Nw			22	Second abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte (after Waterloo)
??	??	??		Jul	15	Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders and is later exiled on St. Helena
??	??	??		Aug	08	Napoleon Bonaparte sets sail for exile on St. Helena
FR	Sc	Lc		Oct	15	Napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St. Helena
AT	Mv	Rl			17	Napoleon Bonaparte arrives in St. Helena
AT	Sc	Bd	1821	May	05	Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile