1. Tues Jan 29 Start Napoleon lecture Start HW – pg 484-87 Q 1-4 Obj- to understand the basics of Napoleon

2. Napoleon Bonaparte

3. Life 1769 –1821 Nicknamed –Little Corporal or Corsican Born in Corsica Family- Corsican Nobles Married- Josephine and Marie Louise Children- Napoleon II Died of TB at 21

5. Corsica Controlled by Genoa (Italy) prior to 1768 Sold to France in 1768 Paoli independence movement starts in 1779

6. Josephine and Marie Louise

7. Napoleon II 1811-1832 King of Rome In 1940 his remains were transferred, as a gift to France from Adolf Hitler, from Vienna to the dome of the Invalides in Paris, where he now rests beside his father.

8. Family Cont Joseph- King of Spain (Philly) Louis Bonaparte- King of Holland eventually Napoleon forced him to flee Pauline- Married General in charge of Haiti. After his death married a Borghese She was the only one that visited Nap on Elba Caroline- Queen of Naples

9. Military Genius Studied artillery Mastered the concept of divide and conquer Reorganized the army Made his fame at Toulon after he is promoted to Brigadier General Greatest victory- Austerlitz Worst defeat- Russia or Waterloo

12. Achievements Napoleonic Code of Law Concordat with the Pope Ended Feudalism in most of Europe Broke up the HRE Completed infrastructure project in France Reorganized Education- Lycee Established the Bank of France

13. Basic Facts Napoleon held 3 jobs- General, First Consul and Emperor in his life Completed Military school in 1 year (usually took 3 years) Supported the Corsican rebel Pasquale Paoli, then opposed him in 1793

14. Basic Facts (cont) Believed in Nepotism- Struggled with a Guerrilla war in Spain Sold Louisiana to the United States Created a sense of Nationalism in Europe Rosetta Stone and advances in Egyptian studies Struggled with the slave revolt in Haiti

15. Napoleon Timeline 1779- Brienne military school 1784-leaves for the Royal Military School (Paris) 1785- Graduates early from Military School 1793- Family flees Corsica 1793- Battle of Toulon 1795- Suppresses royalist uprising-“Whiff of GS” 1796- Italian campaign 1798- Egyptian campaign begins 1798- Victory at the Battle of the Pyramids

16. Aug 1798- Battle of the Nile and the institute founded 1799- Flees Egypt 1799- Coup in France 1801-Concordat with the Pope 1803- Louisiana purchase 1804- Napoleon becomes Emperor 1805- Battle of Trafalgar and Austerlitz 1806- Confederation of the Rhine created

17. 1812- Napoleon’s troops invade Russia 1814 Abdication and goodbye from Fontaine bleu 1815 Elba and the escape 1815 100 Days 1815 -Battle of Waterloo 1815- Second Abdication (St. Helena) 1821 Napoleon dies

18. “Whiff of grapeshot” 1795

19. Coronation as Emperor

20. Coronation of Napoleon Pope Pius VII agreed to crown Napoleon because he had already gained concessions for the church in the Concordant of 1801, which reestablished Catholicism as the religion of France three-hour coronation ceremony Charlemagne crown was used Napoleon planned the entire thing

22. Rosetta Stone Hieroglyphic Demotic Greek Thomas Young and Jean-François Champollion decoded it

23. Arc De Triumph

24. Disaster in Russia

26. Les Invalides Burial place of Napoleon and his son