During the first decade of 1800, on Dec.2,1804.
Napoleon Bonaparte symbolically crowned himself Emperor on May 18, 1804.
He crowned himself emperor after overthrowing the Directory.
Emperor.
Being the first consul was not an adequate reward for his ego.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
I would like to point out that correct title of Napoleon the Great was "Emperor of the French" and not "Emperor of France". He wasn't the only Emperor to rule the French but the first one. The second and last one was his nephew and heir Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (1808-1873). After a coup d'état he become Napoleon III Emperor of the French, from 1852 to 1870.
Napoleon Bonaparte became the Emperor of the French after the Revolution of 1789. In fact before that he had to become a General & then manoever his way to power. Once he proclaimed himself first consul for life & the Emperor he became de facto head of state & the Napoleonic dynasty was established. He has a golden age of military domination in Europe and is one of Historys great commanders, defeating all the continental armies that oppose him. (Austria, Russia & Prussia primarily) Eventually time catches up with the great man & he meets his Waterloo in 1815.
At the siege of Toulon.
He was simply following orders.
Napoleon became premier consul of France in November of 1799 (Brumaire Year VIII) and became Emperor on March 20th, 1804 when he crowned himself
At Notre Dame in Paris, France.
In 1804.