A Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, with a Sketch of Josephine, Empress of the French.Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva)
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A Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, with a Sketch of Josephine, Empress of the French.
Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva)
Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
29. 1799. March 3.—Napoleon starts for Syria; 7th March,
takes Jaffa; 18th March, invests St. Jean
d’Acre; 16th April, battle of Mount Tabor; 22d
May, siege of Acre raised; Napoleon reaches
Cairo, 14th June.
29. 1799. July 25.—Battle of Aboukir; Turks defeated.
30. 1799. Aug. 22.—Napoleon sails from Egypt; lands at
Fréjus, 6th Oct.
30. 1799. Nov. 9 and 10 (18th and 19th Brumaire).—Napoleon
seizes power.
30. 1799. Dec. 25.—Napoleon, First Consul; Cambacérès,
Second Consul; Lebrun, Third Consul.
30. 1800. May and June.—Marengo campaign. 14th June, battle
of Marengo; armistice signed by Napoleon with
Melas, 15th June.
31. 1800. Dec. 24 (3d Nivôse).—Attempt to assassinate
Napoleon by infernal machine.
31. 1801. Feb. 9.—Treaty of Lunéville between France and
Germany.
31. 1801. July 15.—_Concordat_ with Rome.
32. 1801. Oct. 1.—Preliminaries of peace between France and
England signed at London.
32. 1802. Jan. 26.—Napoleon Vice-President of Italian
Republic.
32. 1802. March 27.—Treaty of Amiens.
32. 1802. May 19.—Legion of Honor instituted; carried out
14th July, 1814.
32. 1802. Aug. 4.—Napoleon First Consul for life.
33. 1803. May.—War between France and England.
33. 1803. March 5.—Civil Code (later Code Napoleon) decreed.
34. 1804. March 21.—Duc d’Enghien shot at Vincennes.
34-35. 1804. May 18.—Napoleon, Emperor of the French people;
crowned, 2d Dec.
34. 1805. May 26.—Napoleon crowned king of Italy at Milan,
with iron crown.
36. 1805. Ulm campaign; 25th Sept., Napoleon crosses the
Rhine; 14th Oct., battle of Elchingen; 20th
Oct., Mack surrenders Ulm.
36. 1805. Oct. 21.—Battle of Trafalgar.
36. 1805. Dec. 2.—Russians and Austrians defeated at
Austerlitz.
36. 1805. Dec. 26.—Treaty of Presburg.
36. 1806. July 1.—Confederation of the Rhine formed;
Napoleon protector.
37. 1806. Jena campaign with Prussia. Battles of Jena and of
Auerstadt, 14th Oct.; Berlin occupied, 27th Oct.
37. 1806. Nov. 21.—Berlin decrees issued.
37. 1807. Feb. 8.—Battle of Eylau with Russians, indecisive;
14th June, battle of Friedland, decisive.
37. 1807. July 8 and 9.—Treaty of Tilsit signed.
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