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Military • Governance born active died
1769, Aug 15 1799-1815 1821, May 5
a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a large empire that ruled over continental Europe before its final collapse in 1815. One of the greatest commanders in history, his wars and campaigns are studied at military schools worldwide. Napoleon's political and cultural legacy has ensured his status as one of the most celebrated and controversial leaders in human history.
Timeline 11/17/1749 - Nicolas Appert is born, who later invents the modern food-canning process while trying to help Napoleon Bonaparte conquer Europe09/01/1785 - Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51) 03/09/1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte marries Joséphine de Beauharnais 04/13/1796 - Battle of Millesimo Italy: Napoleon Bonaparte beats Austrians 04/21/1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Piedmontese at Battle of Mondovi 04/28/1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte moves into Italy with the Armistice of Cherasco (later to become the Peace of Paris) 05/10/1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Austria in Battle of Lodi 11/17/1796 - Battle of the Bridge of Arcole: Napoleon Bonaparte's French forces beat Austrians in Italy 05/05/1797 - Napoleon Bonaparte's sister Elisa marries Felice Baciocchi 06/14/1797 - Napoleon Bonaparte forms Ligurian Republic 07/01/1798 - Napoleon Bonaparte's fleet reaches Alexandria Egypt 07/2/1798 - Napoleon Bonaparte captures Alexandria, Egypt 07/21/1798 - Napoleon Bonaparte wins Battle of the Pyramids in Egypt 03/07/1799 - Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa, Palestine 03/07/1799 - Napoleon Bonaparte captures Jaffa, Palestine 04/14/1799 - Napoleon Bonaparte calls for establishing Jerusalem for Jews 04/20/1799 - Napoleon Bonaparte issues a decree calling for establishing Jerusalem for Jews 07/25/1799 - French-Egyptian forces under Napoleon Bonaparte beat Turks at Battle of Abukir 11/09/1799 - Napoleon Bonaparte becomes dictator (first consul) of France 01/20/1800 - Napoleon Bonaparte's sister Caroline Bonaparte marries King Joachim Murat of Naples 06/14/1800 - Battle of Marengo (Alessandria): Napoleon Bonaparte beats Austria 12/24/1800 - Jacobin plot against Napoleon Bonaparte uncovered 07/16/1801 - Pope Pius VII and first consul Napoleon Bonaparte sign concord 01/25/1802 - Napoleon Bonaparte elected president of Italian (Cisalpine) Republic 05/19/1802 - French Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honor) is established by Napoleon Bonaparte 08/02/1802 - Napoleon Bonaparte declared "Counsel for Life" 08/07/1802 - Napoleon Bonaparte orders re-instatement of slavery on St. Domingue (Haiti) 05/18/1803 - Britain declares war on France after Napoleon Bonaparte continues interfering in Italy and Switzerland 02/23/1804 - Conspirators against Napoleon Bonaparte, for restoration of Louis XVIII 05/18/1804 - Senate and Tribune declare Napoleon Bonaparte Emperor of France 05/18/1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of France 12/02/1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte and wife Joséphine de Beauharnais coronated are crowned as emperor/empress of France in Paris by Pope Pius VII
05/26/1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned king of Italy 09/30/1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte's army draws into the Rhine 12/02/1805 - Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Russians and Austrians at Austerlitz 11/21/1806 - The Berlin Decree: Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte bans all trade with England 01/20/1807 - Napoleon Bonaparte convenes great Sanhedrin, Paris 02/08/1807 - Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Russians in Battle of Eylau 02/09/1807 - French Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon Bonaparte 03/23/1808 - Napoleon Bonaparte's brother Joseph Bonaparte takes the throne of Spain 04/17/1808 - Bayonne Decree by Napoleon Bonaparte of France orders seizure of U.S. ships 05/30/1808 - Napoleon Bonaparte annexes Tuscany and gave it seats in French Senate 06/06/1808 - Joseph Bonaparte appointed King of Spain and the Indies by his younger brother, Napoleon Bonaparte07/20/1808 - Napoleon Bonaparte decrees all French Jews adopt family names 08/17/1808 - Napoleon Bonaparte asks King Louis for Holland brigade towards Spain 04/20/1809 - Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Austria in the Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria 04/22/1809 - Battle of Eckmühl completed - Napoleon Bonaparte beats Austria arch duke Charles of Austria 05/21/1809 - Battle of Aspern-Essling begins: Austrian arch duke Charles of Austria beats Napoleon Bonaparte 12/16/1809 - Napoleon Bonaparte divorces Empress Josephine by French Senate 01/10/1810 - Marriage of Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine ends in divorce 03/11/1810 - Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte marries (by proxy) Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria 10/06/1811 - French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte visits Utrecht 01/09/1812 - Swedish Pomerania (Germany) seized by Napoleon Bonaparte 06/24/1812 - Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Army invades Russia 07/23/1812 - Battle of Mogilev: Napoleon Bonaparte beats Czar Alexander I of Russia 09/07/1812 - Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Bonaparte vs. Kutuzov 09/14/1812 - Napoleon Bonaparte occupies Moscow and fires start (fire extinguished on the 19th) 09/15/1812 - French army under Napoleon Bonaparte reaches Kremlin, Moscow 10/19/1812 - Napoleon Bonaparte begins his retreat from Moscow 10/23/1812 - Failed coup against emperor Napoleon Bonaparte 11/29/1812 - The Battle of Berezina ends as Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Army crosses the Berezina River in retreat from Russia 08/26/1813 - Battle of Dresden-Napoleon Bonaparte defeats Austrians 10/16/1813 - Battle of Leipzig begins (Napoleon Bonaparte vs Prussia, Austria and Russia) 03/30/1814 - Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon Bonaparte 03/31/1814 - Forces allied against Napoleon Bonaparte capture Paris 04/11/1814 - First abdication of France's Napoleon Bonaparte, who is then banished to Elba 05/30/1814 - First Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon Bonaparte's first abdication 02/26/1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte and 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France 03/20/1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte enters Paris after escape from Elba, begins 100-day rule 06/16/1815 - Battle of Ligny: French army under Napoleon Bonaparte beats Prussia 06/18/1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte defeated by Arthur Wellesley , Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher at the Battle of Waterloo 06/22/1815 - Second abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte (after Waterloo) 07/15/1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders and is later exiled on St. Helena 08/08/1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte sets sail for exile on St. Helena 10/15/1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte exiled on Island of St. Helena 10/17/1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte arrives in St. Helena 05/05/1821 - Napoleon Bonaparte dies in exile
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Napoleon Bonaparte 1769, Aug 15 1799
1815 1821, May 5
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He served as a major general in the Continental Army during the America... George Rogers Clark 1752, Nov 19 1774 1809 1818, Feb 13 a surveyor, soldier, and militia officer from Virginia who became the highest ranking American mi... Archduke Charles of Austria 1771, Sep 5 1792 1809 1847, Apr 30 an Austrian field-marshal, the third son of Emperor Leopold II and his wife, Maria Luisa of Spain... Charles Willson Peale 1741, Apr 15 1770 1810 1827, Feb 22 an American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician and naturalist. He is best remember... Paul Revere 1734, Dec 21 1756 1811 1818, May 10 an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and a Patriot in the American Revolution.... Sybil Ludington 1761, Apr 5 1777 1811 1839, Feb 26 celebrated as a heroine of the American Revolutionary War. She reportedly rode to alert militia f... 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Schuyler 1768, Jan 21 1796 1819 1835, Feb 21 an American politician from New York. Schuyler lived in Rhinebeck, where he managed farms and est... Alexander Murray 1755, Jul 12 1773 1821 1821, Oct 6 an officer who served in the Continental Navy, the Continental Army, and later the United States ... Molly Pitcher 1744, Oct 13 1777 1822 1832, Jan 22 a nickname given to a woman said to have fought in the American Battle of Monmouth, generally bel... Jose de San Martin 1778, Feb 25 1808 1822 1850, Aug 17 an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful stru... Joseph Bloomfield 1753, Oct 18 1775 1823 1823, Oct 3 the fourth Governor of New Jersey. The township of Bloomfield, New Jersey is named for him. He at... Charles Cotesworth Pinckney 1746, Feb 25 1769 1825 1825, Aug 16 an early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Con... William Hull 1753, Jun 24 1775 1825 1825, Nov 29 an American soldier and politician. He fought in the American Revolution and was appointed as Gov... William Clark [2] 1770, Aug 1 1789 1829 1838, Sep 1 an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. Along with Meriwether Lewi... Gilbert du Motier 1757, Sep 6 1771 1830 1834, May 20 in the U.S. often known simply as Lafayette, was a French aristocrat and military officer who fou... Simon Bolivar 1783, Jul 24 1807 1830 1830, Dec 17 a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Vene... Davy Crockett 1786, Aug 17 1813 1836 1836, Mar 6 a 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician. He is commonly referred... James Bowie 1796, Apr 10 1814 1836 1836, Mar 6 a 19th-century American pioneer, who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution, culminating... Henry Atkinson 1782 1808 1842 1842, Jun 14 a United States army officer. He was a native of Person County, North Carolina. He entered the Un... Morgan Lewis 1754, Oct 16 1774 1844 1844, Apr 7 an American lawyer, politician, and military commander. The second son of Francis Lewis, a signer... Henry Sargent 1770, Nov 25 1793 1845 1845, Feb 21 American painter and military man, was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts. In 1793 Sargent went t... Kazimierz Lux 1780 1795 1846 1846 an officer of the Polish Legions and a pirate in the Caribbean Sea during the early 19th century.... Wilhelm Freiherr von Biela 1782, Mar 19 1802 1849 1856, Feb 18 a German-Austrian military officer and amateur astronomer. In the field of astronomy, he speciali... William Miller 1782, Feb 15 1809 1849 1849, Dec 20 an American Baptist preacher who is credited with beginning the mid-19th century North American r... Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov 1787, Aug 26 1809 1856 1869, May 2 a Finno-Russian nobleman, military commander and statesman. He was made adjutant general in 1817 ... Charles Hamilton Smith 1776, Dec 26 1787 1859 1859, Sep 21 an English artist, naturalist, antiquary, illustrator, soldier, and spy. His military career bega... Lewis Cass 1782, Oct 9 1806 1860 1866, Jun 17 an American military officer, politician, and statesman. He represented Michigan in the United St... Winfield Scott 1786, Jun 13 1807 1861 1866, May 29 a United States Army general and unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig Party in 1852. K... Sam Houston 1793, Mar 2 1812 1861 1863, Jul 26 an American politician and soldier, best known for his role in bringing Texas into the United Sta... Antoine-Henri Jomini 1779, Mar 6 1798 1869 1869, Mar 24 a Swiss officer who served as a general in the French and later in the Russian service, and one o... Major Ridge 1771 ca 1790 192 1839 a Cherokee leader, a member of the tribal council, and a lawmaker. As a warrior, he fought in the...
