Follow Napoleon Bonaparte through 110 dated historical records for France.
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Napoleon Bonaparte figured in events surrounding bonaparte arrives in capital at Paris. His presence gave constitutional conspirators a figure with military prestige but also ambitions of his own. The event illustrated how the availability of armed force could determine the outcome of a dispute among civilian leaders.
Role range: 1793-1799
Bonaparte reached Paris amid enthusiasm for his earlier victories in Italy. His presence gave constitutional conspirators a figure with military prestige but also ambitions of his own.
Role range: 1793-1799
Napoleon Bonaparte figured in events surrounding bonaparte receives troop command at Paris. This gave the general an official basis for positioning soldiers during the coup. The action changed the balance between Bonaparte, the legislative councils and politicians seeking a stronger executive.
Role range: 1793-1799
The Council of Ancients entrusted Bonaparte with command of troops assigned to protect the legislature during its transfer. This gave the general an official basis for positioning soldiers during the coup.
Role range: 1793-1799
Napoleon Bonaparte figured in events surrounding bonaparte addresses ancients at Saint-Cloud. The appearance exposed the limits of his ability to win parliamentary consent by persuasion. It was one step in dismantling the five-member Directory and establishing the provisional Consulate.
Role range: 1793-1799
Bonaparte appeared before the Council of Ancients to justify the crisis measures but delivered a troubled speech. The appearance exposed the limits of his ability to win parliamentary consent by persuasion.
Role range: 1793-1799
Napoleon Bonaparte figured in events surrounding confrontation in five hundred at Saint-Cloud. The uproar made clear that the coup would not pass through the lower council without coercion. The episode contributed to the outcome in which Bonaparte emerged as France’s leading executive authority.
Role range: 1793-1799
When Bonaparte entered the Council of Five Hundred he met angry resistance from deputies hostile to military interference. The uproar made clear that the coup would not pass through the lower council without coercion.
Role range: 1793-1799
Napoleon Bonaparte figured in events surrounding consular authority proclaimed at Paris. A military-backed political reversal was presented as the beginning of constitutional reconstruction. This development weakened constitutional checks built into the Directory and prepared the replacement of its executive institutions.
Role range: 1793-1799
Bonaparte took up authority under the provisional Consulate in the aftermath of the Saint-Cloud events. A military-backed political reversal was presented as the beginning of constitutional reconstruction.
Role range: 1793-1799
Napoleon Bonaparte figured in events surrounding bonaparte becomes first consul at Paris. The coup had culminated in a durable executive system dominated by its principal military leader. The episode contributed to the outcome in which Bonaparte emerged as France’s leading executive authority.
Role range: 1793-1799
The institutions of the Consulate began operating under the Constitution of Year VIII with Bonaparte as First Consul. The coup had culminated in a durable executive system dominated by its principal military leader.
Role range: 1793-1799
French forces under Bonaparte fought Ottoman troops in the vicinity of Mount Tabor during the Syrian campaign. Their success prevented an immediate threat to the French siege forces near Acre.
Role range: 1795-1799
Bonaparte entered the Five Hundred's meeting room and encountered fierce protests from deputies who considered soldiers a threat to legislative independence. His attempted intervention did not win voluntary parliamentary consent.
Role range: 1795-1799
The Ancients entrusted Bonaparte with the military force assigned to protect the councils during their relocation. The authorization gave conspirators practical control of the troops surrounding the legislature.
Role range: 1795-1799
Bonaparte moved east from Egypt against Ottoman positions in southern Syria. The campaign was intended to forestall an invasion of Egypt but strained French supplies and transport.
Role range: 1795-1799
French troops stormed Jaffa after a siege during the Syrian expedition. The subsequent killing of prisoners became one of the campaign's most controversial actions.
Role range: 1795-1799
Bonaparte left Egypt and entrusted his remaining army to General Kléber. He returned without that army, calculating that political conditions in France offered a new opportunity.
Role range: 1795-1799
Bonaparte appeared before the Ancients and struggled to justify the coup's extraordinary measures. His speech increased uncertainty over whether the constitutional pretext would withstand parliamentary scrutiny.
Role range: 1795-1799
French troops defeated an Ottoman landing force at Aboukir, temporarily securing their hold on Egypt. The victory gave Bonaparte a final military success before his departure for France.
Role range: 1795-1799
Bonaparte besieged Acre but failed to overcome its defenders, who received assistance from British naval forces. The inability to take the port contributed to his withdrawal toward Egypt.
Role range: 1795-1799
Bonaparte ordered a retreat from Syria after the unsuccessful siege of Acre. Disease, casualties and difficult marches weakened the expedition as it returned to Egypt.
Role range: 1795-1799
Napoleon Bonaparte intervened in the Swiss constitutional crisis that followed the weakening of the Helvetic Republic.
Napoleon's government requested the embroidery for an exhibition at the Napoleon Museum in Paris.
Role range: 1799-1804
Builds invasion forces while seeking naval control of the Channel.
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1814
Napoleon imposed the Act of Mediation, which restored substantial cantonal autonomy while placing Switzerland in a French sphere of influence.
Shifts the Grande Armee east after naval plans fail.
Role range: 1800-1815 – 1804-1814
Napoleon's rearrangement of German territories placed Magdeburg within the Kingdom of Westphalia after Prussia's military defeat.
Magdeburg remained an important French held fortress as coalition armies advanced across Germany during the War of the Sixth Coalition.
France declares war on Prussia after the Ems Dispatch crisis, beginning the Franco-Prussian War.
Role range: 1870-1871 – 1852-1870
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