Napoleon
Also known as Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoleone di Buonaparte, Empereur des Français Napoléon I, Napoleon Buonaparte, Napoleone Bonaparte, Napoleone Buonaparte, Napoleon I, the Corsican Napolean
Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hundred Days in 1815. He rose to prominence as a general during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe and North Africa during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. As a statesman, he implemented numerous legal and administrative reforms in France and Europe.
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Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military leader who rose to power during the French Revolution and ruled as Emperor of France from 1804 to 1814, then briefly again in 1815, while also conquering much of Europe through military campaigns. He matters historically because of his military influence across Europe and North Africa, as well as his significant legal and administrative reforms that shaped France and the broader European continent.
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53 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Early career
- Return to Corsica
- Siege of Toulon
- 13 Vendémiaire
- First Italian campaign
- Egyptian expedition
- Ruler of France
- ''18 Brumaire''
- French Consulate
- Temporary peace in Europe
- French Empire
- Bonaparte becomes Napoleon I
- War of the Third Coalition
- Middle-Eastern alliances
- War of the Fourth Coalition and Tilsit
- Peninsular War and Erfurt
- War of the Fifth Coalition
- Consolidation of the empire
- Invasion of Russia
- War of the Sixth Coalition
- Exile to Elba
- Hundred Days
- Exile on Saint Helena
- Death
- Religion
- Religious beliefs
- Concordat
- Arrest of Pope Pius VII
- Religious emancipation
- Personality
- Appearance and image
- Reforms
- Administration
- Napoleonic Code
- Warfare
- Education
- Nobility and honours
- Memory and evaluation
- Criticism
- Propaganda and memory
- Long-term influence outside France
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BornNapoleone di Buonaparte (1769-08-15)15 August 1769 Ajaccio, Corsica, France Died5 May 1821(1821-05-05) (aged 51) Longwood, Saint Helena Burial15 December 1840 Les Invalides, Paris, France
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