Napoleon I of France: Timeline

1795   First Coalition First Coalition

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: Napoleon I of France enters Milan Milan

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 in triumph.

1797   First Coalition First Coalition

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: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice Venice

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, ending the 1070 years of independence of the city. The last doge of Venice Doge of Venice

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, Ludovico Manin, steps down.

1799   Napoleon Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albania Albania

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n captives.

1799   At Aboukir in Egypt Egypt

[i] country in [[North Africa]... 

, Napoleon I of France defeats 10,000 Ottoman Ottoman Empire

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 Mamluk Mamluk

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 troops under Mustafa Pasha.

1800   Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 crosses the Alps Alps

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 and invades Italy Italy

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.

1800   An assault on Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 fails in Paris Paris

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1802   Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 establishes the French France

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 légion d'honneur (Legion of Honour).

1802   In a plebiscite Referendum

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 Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 is confirmed as consul for life.

1804   Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 is proclaimed Emperor of the French List of French monarchs

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 by the French Senate.

1804   At Notre Dame Cathedral Notre Dame de Paris

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 in Paris Paris

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, Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 crowns himself as the first Emperor of the French in a thousand years (the Napoleonic Code is adopted).

1805   In Milan Milan

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's cathedral, Napoleon I of France crowns himself King of Italy King of Italy

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 with the Iron Crown of Lombardy

1806   Battle of Jena-Auerstädt - Napoleon Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 defeats the Prussian army of Prince Hohenlohe at Jena while Marshal Davout Louis Nicolas Davout

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 defeats the main Prussian army under the Duke of Brunswick, who is killed.

1807   Napoléon Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

's French Empire begin fighting against Russia Russia

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n and Prussia Prussia

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n forces of the Fourth Coalition at the Battle of Eylau in Eylau, Poland Poland

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.

1807   Battle of Eylau - Napoleon Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 fights a hard, but inconclusive battle against the Russia Russia

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ns under Bennigsen.

1809   Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States Papal States

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 to the French empire. When he announces Pope's secular power has ended, pope excommunicates Excommunication

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 him.

1810   Marriage of Napoleon Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 and Josephine Joséphine de Beauharnais

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 is annulled.

1813   Through a newspaper, the Prussian Prussia

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 king Monarch

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 Frederick William III of Prussia Frederick William III of Prussia

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 calls for resistance against the Napoleonic Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 occupation Military occupation

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ew

1814   French France

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 army of Emperor Emperor

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 Napoleon I Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 wins the Battle of Brienne.

1814   Napoleon Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 wins the Battle of Vauchamps.

1814   Napoleon Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 wins the Battle of Montereau.

1814   Napoleon Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 wins the Battle of Craonne.

1814   Napoleon Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France France

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.

1814   Emperor Emperor

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 Napoleon Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 abdicates.

1814   The First Treaty of Paris is signed returning France France

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's borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon I of France is exiled to Elba Elba

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 on the same day.

1815   Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 escapes from Elba Elba

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1815   Napoleon Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 returns to France from his banishment on Elba Elba

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1815   Napoleon Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 enters Paris Paris

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 after escaping from Elba Elba

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 with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000 beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.

1815   In France France

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, Napoleon Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Prot... 

 surrenders at Rochefort to British United Kingdom

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 forces.

1815   Napoleon I of France begins his exile on St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean

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1821   Died