Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte is considered to be one of the great leaders of all time. He was a very important French military commander, and he waged many successful wars. He played a large role in the development of many countries besides France, and was disliked by a good amount of people for some of things he had done.
Napoleon was born in Ajjacio, Corsica on August 15th, 1769. Corsica is in Italy, which makes Napoleon Italian, but as France owned the land, he is born a French citizen.
On May 17th, 1779 Napoleon begins studying at the Royal Military School in Brienne. On October 17th, 1784, he enrolls in Ecole Militaire, and a little over a year later on Oct. 28 of 85 he graduates as a second lieutenant in the artillery.
In June of 1793, the Bonaparte family is forced to leave their home on the island of Corsica, accused of being to “pro-French”. They flee to France, where Napoleon focuses once more on his military career. December of that same year, he is named Brigadier General for his courage at the battle of Toulon.
After The Reign of Terror in 1794, Napoleon was imprisoned for eleven days, charged with being a Jacobin supporter, but he was released because there was no evidence to prove the accusation. Now, under the power of the recently established Directory, Napoleon was appointed General of the Army of the West.
From 1796 to 1799, Napoleon had a streak of very successful military campaigns and won many battles, such as The Battle of Lodi, The Battle of Arcole, & The Battle of Rivoli. He returns to Paris in 1799, having heard rumors of unrest in the city.
The Directory has become very unpopular, and Napoleon pressures them to resign. He writes a new French Constitution and holds an election for the Emperor of France. With nobody to oppose him, he was elected Emperor with an impossible statistic of a 99% approval rate. He military career continued to skyrocket, and he fixed the French relationship with the Roman Catholic church.
He was constantly on the move as an Emperor, with all his campaigns being successful, winning all battles he encountered. This went on for 15 years, until 1814, when Napoleon was in deep debt from paying for all his expensive battles, and the French people were just tired of constant war. Finally, the Senate declared the end of the Empire.
Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba, Louis XVIII was reinstated as king, and his wife and son left to Vienna. He escaped from Elba later on in 1814, returning to France and rallying troops. He is defeated in the Battle of Waterloo by the British & Prussian armies, who were led by Duke Wellington.
He is once more exiled, this time to St. Helena, where he dies on March 5th, 1821. Napoleon’s great success in stabilizing and expanding France ended the French Revolution. Although he died on an isolated island, exiled by his own people, he is remembered as one of France’s great leaders.
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