Napoleon Timeline

Egyptian Campaign

Jul 1, 1789

Green: Captured the port of Malta and eluded the British fleet with 35000 soldiers.

Italian Campaign

Apr 2, 1796

Green: The French army was severely out numbered but prevailed within two weeks.

Consul for Life

1799

Green: Napoleon gave himself more power.

Consulate

Nov 9, 1799

Yellow: started in 1799 the consulate created three executive consuls which Napoleon abolished in 1804.

Banque de France

1800

Green: A bank created to help restore the financial issues in France.

Concordat of 1801

Jul 15, 1801

Green: Ended the breach caused by Catholic reforms during the French Revolution.

Resistance in Spain

1804

Red: Uprisings against Napoleon.

Napoleonic Code

Mar 21, 1804

Green: Gave France its first set of set laws and rights.

Napoleon Crowned Emperor

Dec 2, 1804

Green: Napoleon is the first emperor in France in over a thousand years.

Battle of Trafalgar

Oct 21, 1805

Red: The British fleet defeats the French and Spanish fleet. Destroyed 19 enemy ships. No British ships were lost.

Abolished Holy Roman Empire

1806

Green: Napoleon conquers the Holy Roman Empire in 1806

Continental System

Nov 21, 1806

Yellow: A blockade designed to keep the French from trading with the British.

Invasion of Russia

Oct 19, 1812

Red: The French army has to retreat from Moscow.

Battle of Nations at Leipzig

Oct 16, 1813

Red: Decisive loss for Napoleon resulting in the destruction of French power.

Abdication

Apr 11, 1814

Red: Napoleon gives up the throne and is banished to the island of Elba.

Hundred Days

Mar 20, 1815

Green: A time period through July 8 where Napoleon returned to and marched on Paris.

Waterloo

Jun 18, 1815

Red: this was Napoleon’s final defeat which took place in Belgium.