NAPOLEON
BONAPARTE
(15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821)
Brief
introduction
Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August
1769 – 5 May 1821) was a
military and political leader
during the latter stages of the
French Revolution. As
Napoleon I, he was Emperor of
the French from 1804 to 1815.
His legal reform, the
Napoleonic Code, has been a
major influence on many civil
law jurisdictions worldwide,
but he is best remembered for
the wars he led against a series
of coalitions, the so-called
Napoleonic Wars, during which
he established hegemony over
much of Europe and sought to
spread revolutionary ideals.
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Napoleon said: "My
true glory is not to have
won 40
battles...Waterloo will
erase the memory of so
many victories. ...
But...what will live
forever, is my Civil
Code.“
The Code still has
importance today in a
quarter of the world's
jurisdictions including
in Europe, the Americas
and Africa.
EGYPTIAN EXPEDITION
BATTLE OF WATERLOO
General Bonaparte and his
expedition eluded pursuit by the
Royal Navy and on 1 July landed
at Alexandria.He fought the Battle of
Shubra Khit against the Mukluks,
Egypt's ruling military caste. This
helped the French practice their
defensive tactic for the Battle of the
Pyramids fought on 21 July, about
24 km from the pyramids. General
Bonaparte's forces of 25,000 roughly
equalled those of the Mamluks'
Egyptian cavalry, but he formed
hollow squares with supplies kept
safely inside. 29 French and
approximately 2,000 Egyptians were
killed. The victory boosted the
morale of the French army.
In the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815[5] near
Waterloo, Belgium) forces of the French Empire under
Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Ney were defeated by
those of the Seventh Coalition, including a Prussian army
under the command of Gebhard von Blücher and an AngloAllied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington.
It was the decisive battle of the Waterloo Campaign and
Bonaparte's last. The defeat at Waterloo put an end to
Napoleon's rule as the French emperor, and marked the
end of Napoleon's Hundred Days of return from exile.
In the Treaty of Fontainebleau, the
victors exiled him to Elba, an island
of 12,000 inhabitants in the
Mediterranean, 20 km off
the Tuscan coast. They gave him
sovereignty over the island and
allowed him to retain his title of
emperor. Napoleon attempted
suicide with a pill he had carried
since a near-capture by Russians on
the retreat from Moscow. Its
potency had weakened with age,
and he survived to be exiled while
his wife and son took refuge in
Austria. In the first few months on
Elba he created a small navy and
army, developed the iron mines,
and issued decrees on modern
agricultural methods.
In February 1821, Napoleon's
health began to fail rapidly, and
on 3 May two British physicians,
who had recently arrived,
attended on him but could only
recommend palliatives.He died
two days later, after
confession, Extreme
Unction and Viaticum in the
presence of Father Ange
Vignali.His last words were,
"France, armée, tête d'armée,
Joséphine."("France, army, head
of the army, Joséphine.")
How do you think about this man?
Which one you agree with?
> His merits outweigh those mistakes.
> His mistakes outweigh those merits.
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