Napoleon Bonaparte (15/8/1769 - 5/5/1821)

Life of Napoleon (Timeline NOT drawn to scale):

Photos Date and Time (if applicable) Event(s)

15/8/1769 Birth of Napoleon in Ajaccio, Corsica, France

(1) Napoleon at the Battle of Rivoli

Napoleon defeated the First Coalition at the
14-15/8/1797
Battle of Revoli (1)

Napoleon ended the Directory and set up the

10/11/1799
Consulate as the First Consul with great power (2)

Coronation of Napoleon as "Emperor of

2/12/1804
the French" at Notre-Dame de Paris (3)

12/7/1806 Napoleon broke up the Holy Roman Empire

(2) Napoleon as First Consul 21/11/1806 Napoleon introduced the Continental System

2/5/1808 Napoleon started the Peninsular War

(3) The Coronation of Napoleon 24/6/1812 Napoleon started the Russian Campaign (4)

Napoleon lost the Russian Campaign

14/12/1812 and suffered great loss in the war

France was defeated at the Battle of the

16-19/10/1813
Nations in Leipzig (5)

(4) Napoleon at Russian Campaign Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba in the
11/4/1814 Mediterranean Sea after the occupation of
Paris by the European armies in early 1814

Napoleon returned to Paris, France after

20/3/1815 escaping from Elba and ruled France again for
about one hundred days

(5) Battle of Leipzig Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of

Waterloo by the British and Prussian armies
18/6/1815
from the coalition of the European countries,
once he was back in France (6)

Napoleon surrounded. He was then exiled to

15/7/1815
the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean

(6) Battle of Waterloo

5/5/1821 Death of Napoleon in Longwood, Saint Helena

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References (Detailed information)
1. Basic History of Napoleon:
Napoleon Bonaparte, born Napoleone di Buonaparte in Ajaccio, Corsica, France; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and
political leader who rapidly rose through the ranks of the military to prominence during the French Revolution (1789-1799) and led several
successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars as he joined the army of the revolutionary government. He became a national hero of
the French people by performing well during the revolution. He ended the Directory and rose to power by setting up the Consulate and
becoming the First Consul who held great power. Years later, he was even more popular with the French people after carrying many reforms
and introducing the Napoleonic Code (of laws) to make France strong. He crowned himself emperor as Napoleon I, and was the emperor of
France from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815, while at the same time was the period of the First French Empire 1804-1815) . He conquered
almost most of Europe (except Britain and Russia) in the early 19th century, but suffered from great loss from the later Napoleonic Wars.
European countries then started to join together in a coalition to fight against France, that he was forced to give up his throne and then exiled
to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean Sea in early 1814. A year later, he briefly returned to power in his Hundred Days campaign after
escaping from Elba and returned to France. After a crushing defeat at the Battle of Waterloo by the British and Prussian armies in June 1815,
he abdicated once again and was exiled to the remote island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean, where he died a few years later at 51.

2. Major Influence of Napoleon (Mind map analysis):

Influence of Napoleon

Ended the Introduced the

Carried out
French Napoleonic Conqured and
many reforms
Revolution Code controlled almost
whole of Europe
except Britain and
Affected the Made
Made France
France Russia (Napoleonic
whole of strong
strong Wars)
Europe and
Changed the
brought Gave rise to two
development
great new ideas:
of France
changes to liberism and
the European nationalism
society

3. Judgment from people at that time and nowadays (Comparison Table of Pros and Cons of Napoleon):

Point of view/Opinions Pros Cons

Period of time (Agree with Napoleon) (Disagree with Napoleon)
e.g.: e.g.:
At that time  He opened schools for everyone to go
 The Napoleonic Code helped France a lot
 He was a bad leader who only thought
about himself
in some ways  He went and crowned himself emperor
 He made everybody pay equal taxes and which gave him power over everything
opened banks to keep the taxes in just like a king
 He carried out many reforms to make  He came up with the Continental System
Nowadays France strong
 He was not willing to give up easily when
which stopped all trade with Britain. That
caused a lot of problems in some places
being exiled to the island of Elba  His Napoleonic Wars usually caused a
large number of death toll and made
France suffer from great money loss
Conclusion: There are/were people supporting or do/did not support Napoleon’s rule. Therefore, to be fair, we can’t determine
whether he is a good king or not. But it is important for us to respect others with a different opinion with us.

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