Napoleon Bonaparte symbolically crowned himself Emperor on May 18, 1804.
In 1804.
He crowned himself emperor after overthrowing the Directory.
Yes, with a regal coronation.
He had the support of the Army and the King had fled the country.
Six days after Waterloo he resigned as Emperor of the French.
As Napoleon I, Napoleon Bonaparte was Emperor of the French. Thus he was emperor of a people, not of a nation, as he would have been had he been Emperor of France.
Emperor.
Being the first consul was not an adequate reward for his ego.
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 became premier consul of France in November of 1799 (Brumaire Year VIII) and became Emperor on March 20th, 1804 when he crowned himself
The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries was created in 1812.
Napoleon Bonaparte was the French Emperor who was born in Ajaccio.