2. 1769

3. Napoleon Bonaparte is born on the Mediterranean Island of Corsica

4. p.649

5. October 1795

6. Napoleon and his gunners protect the National Convention from royalist rebels.

8. 1796

9. The Directory appoints Napoleon to lead an army against Austria and Sardinia (off Italy)

10. November 1799

11. Napoleon (with his troops) dissolved the Directory, replacing it with 3 Consuls— Napoleon, as First Consul, rules as a dictator

14. 1800

15. France votes (plebiscite) on a new constitution giving Napoleon real power as First Consul

18. December 2 1804

19. Napoleon crowns himself Emperor of France.

22. 1805

23. France is at war with Britain, Russia, Austria, and Sweden and win the Battle of Austerlitz (p. 666), loses the Battle of Trafalgar.

25. Trafalgar Square, London, UK

26. November 1806

27. Napoleon sets up a blockade of Britain called the Continental System – Britain then searches and taxes ships

28. 1808

29. The French Empire is weakened by the Peninsular War.

31. June 1812

32. Napoleon and his army of 420,000 invade Russia.

34. Sept.-Oct. 1812

35. Napoleon’s army takes Moscow, which the Russians had burned and destroyed.

36. December 1812

37. Napoleon and his army of 10,000 (?) retreat out of Russia.

38. January 1814

39. Armies of Prussia and Russia lead troops into Paris.

40. April 1814

41. Napoleon accepts terms of surrender and gives up his throne, and is exiled to island of Elba.

43. March 1, 1815

44. Napoleon lands on France after escaping from Elba and becomes Emperor of France (again).

45. June 18, 1815

46. The Battle of Waterloo begins and Napoleon loses to British and Prussian forces.

47. 1821

48. Napoleon dies in exile on St. Helena in the south Atlantic.

51. 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?