Notre Dame.
Notre Dame in Paris.
Notre Dame
The crowning of Napoleon took place at Notre-Dame in Paris on 2 December 1804.
Notre-Dame de Paris
At the Cathedral of Notre Dame in the centre of Paris.
Napoleon crowned himself Emperor of France.
He was crowned by himself as Emperor.
Napoleon Bonaparte. (It is unusual to describe him as a statesman, he was a general).
Notre Dame
Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself as Emperor of France.
The great reformations in administration and judiciary and the normalization of relations between State and Church that he was able to accomplish in less than two years led him to be acclaimed Emperor of French by the Senate, on May, 18, 1804. A national referendum confirmed his accession to the throne with 3,572,329 votes against 2,579.