Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15 August 1769 in Corsica into a gentry family. After he
closed accomplished completed concluded
his education at a military school, in the end of the 18th century he was
elected to chosen employed promoted
commander of the French army in Italy, where he forced Austria and its
union alliances allies league
to make peace. In 1798, Napoleon
conquered won fought beat
Ottoman-ruled Egypt in an attempt to strike at British trade routes with India, but his
vessel fleet ships navy
got destroyed by the British at the Battle of the Nile.
France now faced a new coalition - Austria and Russia had
entered got went stepped
into an alliance with Britain. Napoleon got back to Paris where the
governor government governess governorship
was in crisis. After a coup d'etat in November 1799, Napoleon became first consul. In 1802, he was made consul for life and two years later, emperor. He controlled the centralisation of government, the
creation establishment preparing formation
of the Bank of France, the reinstatement of Roman Catholicism as the state religion.
In 1800, he won the Battle of Marengo over the Austrians. Then he
made negotiated agreed established
a general European peace which established French power on the continent. In 1803 Britain attacked France then later Russia and Austria
stepped went joined leapt
in the war. Britain defeated the French navy at Trafalgar in 1805 so Napoleon
forgot abandoned gave up quit
plans to invade England and turned on the Austro-Russian forces and defeated them at Austerlitz. He
got won took gained
much new territory, including annexation of Prussian lands which gave him
control reign power rule
of Europe.
In 1810, he divorced his wife, to Josephine de Beauharnais and married the daughter of the Austrian emperor hoping to have a
inheritance heir legacy heritage
His son was born a year later.
The Peninsular War began in 1808. The French
undergo bear suffered endure
big defeats over the next five years, which drained French military
resources springs sources supplies
His invasion of Russia in 1812
resulted in effected caused brought
an enormous retreat. The tide started to turn in favour of the allies and in March 1814, Paris fell. Napoleon
fled applied went did
into exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba. In March 1815 he escaped and marched on the French capital. His short
reign kingdom power rule
was ended with The Battle of Waterloo. He got
prison imprisoned inprisoned prisoned
by the British on the far-away Atlantic island of St. Helena where he died on 5 May 1821.