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Napoleon Bonaparte [b] (born Napoleone Buonaparte; [1] [c] 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.
Napoleon, however, was soon victorious. After the War of the Third Coalition was shattered on 5 December at the Battle of Austerlitz, Ferdinand was subject to Napoleon's wrath. On 27 December 1805, Napoleon issued a proclamation from the Schönbrunn declaring Ferdinand to have forfeited his kingdom. He said that a French invasion would soon ...
By some accounts, he came close to fainting. It was not Napoleon himself but his brother Lucien, president of the council, who called upon the grenadiers to defend their leader. Napoleon escaped but only through the use of military force. [2] A motion was raised in the Council of Five Hundred to declare Napoleon an outlaw.
About 15 minutes later, Napoleon ordered the attack, adding, "One sharp blow and the war is over." [ 77 ] A dense fog helped to cloud the advance of St. Hilaire's French division, but as they ascended the slope, the legendary 'Sun of Austerlitz' ripped the mist apart and encouraged them forward. [ 76 ]
Louis-Alexandre Berthier, prince de Neuchâtel et Valangin, prince de Wagram (French: [lwi alɛksɑ̃dʁ bɛʁtje]; 20 November 1753 – 1 June 1815) was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
Statue of General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, melted down following a 1941 decision of the Nazi occupation authorities [1] Army-General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (French: [tɔmɑ alɛksɑ̃dʁ dymɑ davi də la pajət(ə)ʁi]; 25 March 1762 – 26 February 1806) was a French Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars.
Napoleon’s wife Joséphine, her daughter Hortense de Beauharnais, and Napoleon’s sister Caroline Murat (pregnant with her son Achille) were travelling in a carriage behind Napoleon’s. They might have been killed had they not been delayed by fiddling with Joséphine’s shawl, as described by General Jean Rapp , who accompanied the women.
The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War. Pimlico. ISBN 0-7126-9730-6. Gill, John H. (1992). With Eagles to Glory : Napoleon and his German allies in the 1809 campaign. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 1-85367-130-4. Gill, John H. (2008b). 1809: Thunder on the Danube; Volume II: The Fall of Vienna and the Battle of Aspern. London ...