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Napoleon I of France

Napoleon I of France

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1795   First Coalition: Napoleon I of France enters Milan in triumph.

1797   First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice, ending the 1070 years of independence of the city. The last doge of Venice, Ludovico Manin, steps down.

1799   Napoleon captures Jaffa in Palestine and his troops proceed to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.

1799   At Aboukir in Egypt, Napoleon I of France defeats 10,000 Ottoman Mamluk troops under Mustafa Pasha.

1800   Napoleon Bonaparte crosses the Alps and invades Italy.

1800   An assault on Napoleon Bonaparte fails in Paris.

1802   Napoleon Bonaparte establishes the French

1802   In a plebiscite Napoleon Bonaparte is confirmed as consul for life.

1804   Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.

1804   At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself as the first Emperor of the French in a thousand years (the Napoleonic Code is adopted).

1805   In Milan's cathedral, Napoleon I of France crowns himself King of Italy with the Iron Crown of Lombardy

1806   attle of Jena-Auerst

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1807   Battle of Eylau - Napoleon fights a hard, but inconclusive battle against the Russians under Bennigsen.

1809   Napoleon I of France orders the annexation of the Papal States to the French empire. When he announces Pope's secular power has ended, pope excommunicates him.

1810   Marriage of Napoleon and Josephine is annulled.

1813   Through a newspaper, the Prussian king Frederick William III of Prussia calls for resistance against the Napoleonic occupationew

1814   French army of Emperor Napoleon I wins the Battle of Brienne.

1814   Napoleon wins the Battle of Vauchamps.

1814   Napoleon wins the Battle of Montereau.

1814   Napoleon wins the Battle of Craonne.

1814   Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.

1814   Emperor Napoleon abdicates.

1814   The First Treaty of Paris is signed returning France's borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon I of France is exiled to Elba on the same day.

1815   Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba

1815   Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.

1815   Napoleon enters Paris after escaping from Elba with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000 beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.

1815   In France, Napoleon surrenders at Rochefort to British forces.

1815   Napoleon I of France begins his exile on St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.