Napoleon
· Fre nc h m ilita ry a nd p o litic a l le a d e r
· Em p e ro r o f th e Fre nc h
· King o f Ita ly
· Mediator of the Swiss Confederation
· Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine
Early career
· commissioned a second lieutenant in La Fere artillery
· a complex threeway struggle was playing out
between royalists, revolutionaries, and Corsican
nationalists
· conflict with Pasquale Paoli
· appointed artillery commander of the French forces
besieging Toulon
Early Career
· imprisoned in the Chateau
d'Antibes in August 1794,
but was released within
two weeks
· engaged to Desiree Clary
Coronation as Emperor
· the arrest of Duke of Enghien
· crowned himself Emperor in1804
· was crowned King of Italy
· declared the Papal States
War of the Third Coalition
· Royal Navy
· Grande Armee
· Battle of Trafalgar
· Napoleon defeated Austria and Russia at Austerlitz