1769 napoleon bonaparte is born on the mediterranean island of corsica

1769

1769Napoleon Bonaparte is

born on the Mediterranean Island

of Corsica

p.649

October 1795

October 1795Napoleon and his gunners

protect the National Convention from royalist

rebels.

1796

1796The Directory appoints

Napoleon to lead an army against Austria and Sardinia (off Italy)

November 1799

November 1799Napoleon (with his troops)

dissolved the Directory, replacing it with 3 Consuls—

Napoleon, as First Consul, rules as a dictator

1800

1800France votes (plebiscite)

on a new constitution giving Napoleon real power as First Consul

December 2 1804

December 2 1804Napoleon crowns himself

Emperor of France.

1805

1805France is at war with Britain, Russia, Austria, and Sweden

and win the Battle of Austerlitz (p. 666), loses the

Battle of Trafalgar.

Trafalgar Square, London, UK

November 1806

November 1806Napoleon sets up a

blockade of Britain called the Continental System – Britain then searches and

taxes ships

1808

1808

The French Empire is weakened by the

Peninsular War.

June 1812

June 1812

Napoleon and his army of 420,000 invade Russia.

Sept.-Oct. 1812

Sept.-Oct. 1812

Napoleon’s army takes Moscow, which the

Russians hadburned and destroyed.

December 1812

December 1812

Napoleon and his army of 10,000 (?)

retreat out of Russia.

January 1814

January 1814

Armies of Prussia and Russia lead

troops into Paris.

April 1814

April 1814Napoleon accepts terms

of surrender and gives up his throne, and is exiled

to island of Elba.

March 1, 1815

March 1, 1815Napoleon lands on France after escaping from Elba and becomes Emperor of

France (again).

June 18, 1815

June 18, 1815

The Battle of Waterloo begins and Napoleon loses to British and

Prussian forces.

1821

1821

Napoleon dies in exile on St. Helena in

the south Atlantic.

Look at page 649 of your textbook, including the legend, compass rose and scale, and answer the following questions.1. Name a state that neither belonged or allied with the French Empire, nor was at war with it.2. What geographic advantage did Great Britain have to resist conquest?3. What is the distance between Paris and London?4. What part of the lands controlled by Napoleon were farthest east?5. What year does this map represent?