Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 on Corsica and entered the French military academy in 1779, becoming a general in 1793 during the French Revolutionary Army who went on to lead French armies to victory in Italy in 1796 and Egypt in 1798, before staging a coup and becoming the First Consul of France in 1799 and crowning himself Emperor of France in 1804, going on to defeat numerous European powers in battle until his eventual defeat at Waterloo in 1815 and exile to Saint Helena, where he died in 1821.
Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 on Corsica and entered the French military academy in 1779, becoming a general in 1793 during the French Revolutionary Army who went on to lead French armies to victory in Italy in 1796 and Egypt in 1798, before staging a coup and becoming the First Consul of France in 1799 and crowning himself Emperor of France in 1804, going on to defeat numerous European powers in battle until his eventual defeat at Waterloo in 1815 and exile to Saint Helena, where he died in 1821.
Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 on Corsica and entered the French military academy in 1779, becoming a general in 1793 during the French Revolutionary Army who went on to lead French armies to victory in Italy in 1796 and Egypt in 1798, before staging a coup and becoming the First Consul of France in 1799 and crowning himself Emperor of France in 1804, going on to defeat numerous European powers in battle until his eventual defeat at Waterloo in 1815 and exile to Saint Helena, where he died in 1821.