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Napoleon Bonaparte[ b ] (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; [ 1 ][ c ] 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military officer and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars ...
The Napoleonic era, from 1799 to 1815, was marked by Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power in France. He became Emperor in 1804 and sought to expand French influence across Europe. Major events include the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, and Napoleon's exile to Elba and later to Saint Helena. His legacy shaped European politics ...
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions. The wars originated in political forces arising from the French Revolution (1789–1799) and from the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802) and produced a ...
The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya, attacks Napoleon by showing Spanish resisters being executed by his brutal soldiers.. In the political realm, historians debate whether Napoleon was "an enlightened despot who laid the foundations of modern Europe" or "a megalomaniac who wrought greater misery than any man before the coming of Hitler". [4]
I. Indian March of Paul. Invasion of Hanover (1803) Invasion of Java (1811) Invasion of the Danish West Indies. Italian Campaign of 1813–1814.
Napoleon excelled at garnering public support and capitalising on his victories to convey a persona associated with success and heroism. [1] He utilised propaganda in a wide range of media including theatre, art, newspapers, and bulletins to "promote the precise image he desired."
1804. March 21: Introduction of the Civil Code (also known as Napoleon Code) May 18: Napoleon proclaimed Emperor of the French by the Senate. December 2: Napoleon crowns himself emperor, in the company of the Pope. 1805. October 19: Battle of Ulm. October 21: Battle of Trafalgar; Admiral Lord Nelson killed.
Gareth Jenkins said Beethoven was "doing for music what Napoleon was doing for society – turning tradition upside down" and embodied the "sense of human potential and freedom" of the French Revolution, in Beethoven's Cry of Freedom (2003). [43] BBC Music Magazine called it the greatest symphony, based on a survey of 151 conductors in 2016. [44]