NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
(1769-1821)

Major events in his life:
Born in Corsica 1769
Received an artillery commission in 1785
Seige of Toulon 1793
Married Josephine 1796
Suppressed Royalist rising in Paris - 1795
Drove Austrians from Italy - 1797
Invaded Egypt 1798
Became First Consul of France in 1799
Battle of Marengo 1800
Made Emperor of France in 1804
Battles of Ulm and Austerlitz 1805
Battle of Jena 1806
Battlle s of Eylau and Friedland 1807
Invaded Spain 1808
Invaded Russia 1812
Defeated at Battle of Leipzig in 1813
Banished to Elba 1814
Returned to France 1815
Defeated at Waterloo and banished to St.Helena 1815.
Died St.Helena 1821