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

Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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

Josephine and Marie Louise

Napoleon II 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aug Battle of the Nile and the institute founded Flees Egypt Coup in France 1801-Concordat with the Pope Louisiana purchase Napoleon becomes Emperor Battle of Trafalgar and Austerlitz Confederation of the Rhine created

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

“Whiff of grapeshot” 1795

Coronation as Emperor

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

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

Arc De Triumph

Disaster in Russia

Les Invalides Burial place of Napoleon and his son