Napoleon Bonaparte

At the height of his power in 1812, Napoleon controlled all of continental Europe from Spain in the west to Moscow (Russia) in the east, from the North Sea to the Italian states in the south. Much of this control was of course precarious, with only a single major defeat needing to happen in order for Napoleon's grip to start slipping.

At Waterloo in present day Belgium, with some major help from Field Marshall von Blucher and the Prussian Army.

He mandated it as a part of the Constitution.

Napoleon was born on August 15, 1769

Through military dictatorship and civil law.

Neither, Fighting in defense is one thing but fighting in hate is sinful

fight for survival is natures gift.

The Directory which was the Constitutional government.

The Seventh Coalition with the UK and Prussian troops getting the most credit.

Well, they didn't exactly embrace him. After the Revolution, France was left in total chaos. Nobody knew how thecountry should be governed and by who, since the French had killed the entire Royal family because they wanted to rid themselves of the monarchical system in their country. They did not think it very well through, because they only knew what they didn't want, but not what they did want. Napoleon took advantage of this weak position France was in, and committed a coup. He crowned himself as Emperor and took control. The French were highly sceptical about him, but he did lead France back to being a great nation. At that time he was exactly what France needed.

In the 1801 Concordat he ended the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, returned to the Gregorian Calendar and restored Sunday as a festival.

He was already losing popularity during the 1860s, especially after his attempt to control Mexico failed. Prussia, which was trying to unify Germany under their own rule, picked a fight with France, sparking the Franco-Prussian War. At the climactic battle of Sedan, the Prussian Army soundly defeated the French Army, and Napoleon himself was captured.

With Napoleon captured, his government immediately collapsed and he was removed from power. A new republican government formed and tried to continue the war. The Germans besieged Paris, and after a few months, captured it, effectively ending the war. Napoleon was eventually freed and decided to go into exile in England, where he died a couple years later.

His motives were to improve the law and educational systems of his empire and to give its people religious freedom, whilst toppling the old imperial orders throughout Europe that felt threatened by Napoleon's progressive ideas. Many nations subsequently formed coalitions against Napoleonic France in an attempt to curb the spread of revolution.

It begins with the 1799 coup against the French Directory and is marked with his 1821 death or with his abdication and exile after the battle of Waterloo.

People can learn a lot from Napoleon Bonaparte. It includes learning about leadership and using charisma to lead the people.

He was placed under house arrest in 1794 because his association with the Robespierres. He was exiled to Elba which was a far cry from doing hard time. His exile on St. Helena was more restrictive since he was a known flight risk, but he still had his retinue and servants.

The French Revolution ended with the creation of the French Consulate by coup in 1799 in which Napoleon became the First Consul of France. The legal government of the Directory ceased to exist.

Napoleon did not die in any war he was ousted from France after his second military defeat at the Battle of Waterloo and was relegated to spend the rest of his life in isolation on the island of st Helena. He is purported to have died there of a stomach condition, ulcers or cancer.

Napoleon was born Italian of a upper-middle class family. At the time in France, the revolution was at its ending and they needed someone to take control. Because of Napoleon, the way officials were chosen went from artistocracy, where people were looked upon by class, to being chosen by their competence. This meant better authority in every aspect. He went to a school that is equal to America's West Point Military College (meaning it was elite) and excelled in the area of mathematics. this allowed him to become an expert military leader because he could pinpoint, for instance, exactly where a canon ball would hit. He brought France into the modern world using the Napoleonic Code, meaning that government jobs go to the most qualified. He revolutionized the education system, creating schools and implementing authority in these things. He also updated the infrastructure (roads, sewage, etc..) If you need more details type in Napoleon's revolution in France and you can find more specifics.

Actually, Napoleon was nothing but a mere soldier during the french revolution. After the failure of the Jacobin club, when he was an army general he expanded the borders of France and then crowned himself as the emperor of France. He abolished slavery and then brought it back as he saw that the society could not run without slavery.

He won great victories at Ulm, Jena and Austerlitz, but lost the combined French and Spanish Fleets at Trafalgar.

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Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 -- 5 May 1821) later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. He stopped the French Revolution in 1799 and made France an Empire. He crowned himself emperor in 1804. In the first decade of the nineteenth century, he turned the armies of the French Empire against every major European power and dominated continental Europe through a series of military victories. He maintained France's sphere of influence by the formation of extensive alliances and the appointment of friends and family members to rule other European countries as French client states. He was a dictator and addicted to power. He was also absolutely brilliant and a fantastic strategic brain.

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