Summary of the biography of napoleon bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte, (15 August 1769–5 May 1821) later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who is considered one of the most influential figures in European history.

“France has more need of me than I have need of France.

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– Napoleon

Born in Corsica and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France, he rose to prominence under the First French Republic. He distinguished himself as a military commander fighting in Italy.

Summary of the biography of napoleon bonaparte

In 1799, Bonaparte staged a coup d’état and installed himself as First Consul; five years later he crowned himself Emperor of the French. In the first decade of the Nineteenth Century, he turned the armies of the French Empire against every major European power and dominated continental Europe, through a series of military victories epitomised in battles such as Austerlitz.

He maintained France’s sphere of influence by the formation of extensive alliances and the appointment of friends and family