1st June
First Lieutenant
Serves as lieutenant en premier in the 4th Regiment of Artillery
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Napoleon Bonaparte biography timeline
Explore a static chronology of 9 World History Database records for Napoleon Bonaparte. The page is generated from the same biography records used by the searchable database, making important life events directly crawlable and readable.
9 records
1791–1891 record span
9 event labels
1 country
Life and historical importance
Napoleon Bonaparte: life, career and historical significance
French soldier and ruler who rose during the Revolution to become emperor and dominate much of Europe. His campaigns reshaped the continental balance of power, while his legal and administrative reforms left a durable legacy long after his final defeat at Waterloo.
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Napoleon Bonaparte: dated events and historical records
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1791
9th
Ajaccio Politics
Participates in Jacobin politics and local National Guard activity in Corsica
1798
December
Canal Survey
Orders surveys of the Suez Isthmus while considering a canal between the Mediterranean and Red Sea.
1803
15th November
Transfer of Bayeux Tapestry
Napoleon's government requested the embroidery for an exhibition at the Napoleon Museum in Paris.
1803
Boulogne Invasion Camp
Builds invasion forces while seeking naval control of the Channel.
1805
August
Abandonment of Invasion
Shifts the Grande Armee east after naval plans fail.
1864
1864
Arbitration
Arbitrates disputes between Ismail Pasha and the Suez Canal Company over construction and compensation.
1870
19th July
Declaration of War
France declares war on Prussia after the Ems Dispatch crisis, beginning the Franco-Prussian War.
1891
20th March
Burial
Prince Napoleon is buried in Turin
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