Sunday, February 25, 2007

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)

-Military genius
-"Whiff of grapeshot"
-Campaigns in the Mediterranean
-Consulship 1799



-1804 crowned Emperor with his wife, Josephine



Did Napoleon uphold the Revolution or squelch it?
-Code Napoleon
-Education
-Infrastructure
-Concordat of 1801

Wars from 1803 onwards
-extremely successful
-defeats: Peninsular War and Russia





-Elba
-"The One Hundred Days"
-Duke of Wellington


-Battle of Waterloo, 15 June 1815


-St. Helena






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