Napoleon

Napoleon : biography 15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821 The Russians avoided Napoleon's objective of a decisive engagement and instead retreated deeper into Russia....

Napoleon

Napoleon : biography 15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821 Following several allied victories, the war concluded after Napoleon's abdication in 1814.Gates 2001, p.467 Napoleon...

Napoleon

Napoleon : biography 15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821 Middle-Eastern alliances Even after the failed campaign in Egypt, Napoleon continued to entertain a...

Napoleon

Napoleon : biography 15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821 French Empire Napoleon faced royalist and Jacobin plots as France's ruler, including the Conspiration des...

Napoleon

Napoleon : biography 15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821 Unknown to Bonaparte, the Directory had sent him orders to return to ward off possible...

Napoleon

Napoleon : biography 15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821 With his army weakened by disease—mostly bubonic plague—and poor supplies, Bonaparte was unable to reduce...

Napoleon

Napoleon : biography 15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821 During the campaign, Bonaparte became increasingly influential in French politics; he founded two newspapers: one...

Napoleon

Napoleon : biography 15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821 He was moved to the Bureau of Topography of the Committee of Public Safety and...

Napoleon

Napoleon : biography 15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821 He returned to Corsica and came into conflict with Paoli, who had decided to split...

Napoleon

Napoleon : biography 15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821 Napoleon's original death mask was created around 6 May, though it is not clear which...