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Napoleon Bonaparte
The revolution is over.
With this brief statement, Napoleon Bonaparte, appointed First Consul of the Republic at just 30 years old, drew a line under ten years during which an event of world-historical significance had taken place: the French Revolution. He himself had been involved in it. Due to his close ties with the protagonists of the Terror, he was briefly imprisoned after Robespierre’s fall, but a few years later, he capitalized on his popularity as a victorious general of the revolutionary army to seize absolute power in France. He cemented many of the Revolution’s achievements: equality before the law, a centralized state structure, and the abolition of feudal privileges. Nevertheless, millions of deaths on the battlefields of the early 19th century bear witness to the military megalomania of this brilliant man, who remains to this day the most famous Frenchman in the world.
1769 - 1821
- August 15, 1769 · Birth in Ajaccio, Corsica.
- 1789 · Participation in a popular uprising in Corsica.
- December 22, 1793 · After the recapture of Toulon, he is appointed brigadier general.
- July 28, 1794 · After Robespierre’s fall, Napoleon is briefly detained.
- October 5, 1795 · Successful suppression of a royalist uprising in Paris, appointed major general.
- March 1796 · Start of the victorious Italian Campaign (until 1797).
- May 1798 · Start of the Egyptian Campaign (until 1799).
- November 9, 1799 · 18 Brumaire, overthrow of the Directory. The next day, Napoleon is declared First Consul of the Republic.
- August 2, 1802 · The Senate declares Napoleon First Consul for life.
- December 2, 1804 · Coronation as Emperor of the French.
- June 18, 1815 · Battle of Waterloo, shortly thereafter, Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena.
- May 5, 1821 · Napoleon dies on Saint Helena.
Quotes
He who saves his country violates no law.
Napoleon
Men are made of flesh and blood, but it is dreams that govern them.
Napoleon
Alexander the Great, Caesar, and I, we founded great empires through force, and after our deaths, we have no friends. Christ founded his kingdom on love, and even today, millions would willingly die for him.
Napoleon
Le Moniteur
Quintidi, 25 frimaire an 8 de la république française, une et indivisible
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