person · 1769-1821

Napoleon Bonaparte

Also known as Bonaparte, Napoleon I, Napoleon I Bonaparte, the Corsican.

French general; First Consul 1799-1804; Emperor of the French 1804-1814 and again in 1815.

Born in Ajaccio, Corsica.

Events

• 13 Vendemiaire - commander, side: republican, 1795
• Battle of Austerlitz - commanding_general, side: french, 1805
• Battle of Jena-Auerstedt - commanding_general, side: french, 1806
• Battle of Leipzig - commanding_general, side: french, 1813
• Battle of Waterloo - commanding_general, side: french, 1815
• Continental System - issuer, side: french, 1806-1813
• Coronation of Napoleon - sovereign, side: participant, 1804
• Coup of 18 Brumaire - instigator, side: bonapartist, 1799
• Egyptian campaign - commanding_general, side: french, 1798-1799
• Hundred Days - instigator, side: french, 1815
• French invasion of Russia - commanding_general, side: french, 1812
• Italian campaign of 1796-1797 - commanding_general, side: french, 1796-1797
• Peninsular War - instigator, side: french, 1808-1814
• Siege of Toulon - artillery_commander, side: republican, 1793
• Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814) - abdicating_sovereign, side: french, 1814
• Treaty of Tilsit - signatory, side: signatory, 1807
• War of the Fourth Coalition - commanding_general, side: french, 1806-1807