2. Napoleonic Timeline

For each date and location, identify the significant event that occurred and write a single-sentence description of the event.

August 15, 1769 Napoleon was born, fourth child and third son.
Ajaccio, Corsica
July 4, 1776 The declaration of the thirteen states.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 14, 1789 The citizens of Paris started the French Revolution by storming the Bastille prison and releasing seven inmates.
Paris
September 21, 1792 Establishment of first republic in France and monarchy was abolished.
France
January 21,1793 King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris.
Paris
August 22, 1795 The National Convention approved a new constitution which led to France’s first bicameral legislature.
France
November 15–17, 1796 The Battle of the Bridge of Arcole which lead to the French Revolution.
Arcole, Italy
1798 The French Campaign in Egypt and Syria and the capture of Malta.
Malta, Egypt, and Syria
November 9,1799 Napoleon staged the coup which installed the consulate which led to Napoleon’s dictatorship.
France
February 9, 1801 The Treaty of Luneville was signed between the French Republic and the Holy Roman Emperor Francis II.
Lunéville, France
1801 The Concordat agreement was reached between Napoleon Bonaparte, papal, and the clerical representatives in Rome and Paris.
Rome and Paris March 25,1802 A peace treaty, Treaty of Amiens, was signed by the French First Republic, Great Britain, Spain, and the Netherlands.
Amiens, France
December 2, 1804 Napoleon was crowed the emperor in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
Paris
October 21,1805 The Battle of Trafalgar was fought by the Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies.
Atlantic Ocean, near Cádiz, Spain, and the Straits of Gibraltar
December 26,1805 The Treaty of Pressburg was signed by Australia and France after Napoleon’s victories and it imposed severe terms on Australia.
Bratislava (Pressburg)
June–November 1812 The French Invasion of Russia and the Patriotic War of 1812 in Russia was a turning point during the Napoleonic Wars.
Russia
October 16–19, 1813 The Battle of Leipzig was fought by Russia, Prussia, Austria, and Sweden against the French army of Napoleon I and the Emperor of the French.
Leipzig, Germany
April 11, 1814 The Treaty of Fontainebleau was an agreement established between Napoleon Bonaparte and representatives from the Austrian Empire, Russia, and Prussia. With this treaty Napoleon’s rule ended and was sent into exile on Elba.
Paris
March 20, 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte entered Paris and began his Hundred Days rule.
France
June 15,1815 The Waterloo Campaign battle and Napoleon’s last. The defeat ended his rule and marked the end of his Hundred Days return from exile.
Waterloo, Belgium
May 5, 1821 Napoleon died in exile.
Saint Helena, South Atlantic