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15
August 1769
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Birth
of Bonaparte at Ajaccio. Nine years later, he is admitted
to the royal Military college of Brienne |
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22
October 1784
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He
is admitted to the Royal Military College in Paris,
and leaves a year later with the grade of second lieutenant.
He then joins the artillery regiment of la Fère. |
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September
1793
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Bonaparte
is sent to Toulon as artillery Commander and on 18 December
helps to take the town back from the English. |
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5
October 1795
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Appointed
Commander of the Home Army by Barras, he crushes the
Royalist insurrection in front of the Church St Roch
in Paris. On 26th, he is appointed Head of the Army
in Italy. |
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2nd
March 1796
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He
is appointed Supreme General of the Army in Italy. |
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10
March
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Marriage
of Bonaparte and Rose de Beauharnais, the future Josephine. |
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12
March
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He
returns to his demotivated troops in Nice, boosts their
confidence and wisn the battles of Montenotte, Lodi,
Arcole and Rivoli. |
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2nd
July 1798
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Bonaparte
and 50,000 men disembark in Alexandria (Egypt). He conquers
the Mamelouks at the Pyramids, but his fleet is destroyed
at Aboukir. He sets off for Syria to repel the Turks,
but fails in front of Saint Jean d'Acre. |
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1st
August 1799
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He
returns to Egypt and repells the Turks who have disembarked
at Aboukir. However he has to leave the army in the
hands of Kléber. |
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9
October
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He
reaches Fréjus. Nothing is going well in France: the
Directoire is at its last gasp, Italy has been lost
and the economic situation is disastrous. The country
needs a strong man at its head. |
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9
November
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Bonaparte
organises the 18 Brumaire a coup d'état, which succeeds
thanks to his brother's support at Cinq-Cents. |
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12
Décember
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Bonaparte,
Sicyes and Ducos are appointed consuls and adopt the
constitution of the Year VIII. |
