Napoleons Early Life Napoleons Rise to Power Europe

Napoleon’s Early Life

Napoleon’s Rise to Power

Europe in 1800

Napoleon as “First Consul”

Concordat of 1801

Code Napoleon, 1804

Haitian Independence, 1792 -1804 a Haiti was formally under French control in the Caribbean a L’Ouverture led a slave revolt against the French government Toussaint L’Ouverture a Napoleon decided to focus on his European wars and let Haiti go

Louisiana Purchase, 1803 $15, 000 a Thomas Jefferson sent representatives to France to offer money for part of Louisiana a Eventually, Napoleon offered all of the land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains.

The Empress Josephine a Born in the West Indies a She married into nobility with the Vicomte Alexandre Beauharnais a Her husband was executed during the Reign of Terror and she was imprisoned a Married Napoleon Bonaparte in 1796

Josephine’s Bedroom

“Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon & the Empress Josephine, ” 1806 by David December 2, 1804

Napoleon’s Throne

Napoleon’s Bed Chamber

The Imperial Image

Napoleonic Europe

Napoleon’s Major Military Campaigns 1805: Sea Power Trafalgar (Lord Nelson: Fr. Navy lost!)

Battle of Trafalgar

Napoleon’s Major Military Campaigns 1805: -Danube -Italy Crowned “King of Italy” on May 6, 1805

The Continental System

The Continental System

“Napoleon on His Imperial Throne” 1806 By Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Josephine’s Divorce Statement (1807) With the permission of our august and dear husband, I must declare that, having no hope of bearing children who would fulfill the needs of his policies and the interests of France, I am pleased to offer him the greatest proof of attachment and devotion ever offered on this earth.

Napoleon’s Divorce Statement (1807) Far from ever finding cause for complaint, I can to the contrary only congratulate myself on the devotion and tenderness of my beloved wife. She has adorned thirteen years of my life; the memory will always remain engraved on my heart.

Marie Louise (of Austria) married Napoleon on March 12, 1810 in Vienna

Peninsular Campaign: 1807 -1810 1806: Continental System

“The Spanish Ulcer”

“The Spanish Ulcer” The Surrender of Madrid May, 1809 by Goya

Napoleon’s Empire in 1810

Napoleon’s Family Rules!

Napoleon’s Family & Friends/Allies

The “Big Blunder” -- Russia

Russian General Kutuzov The Russian army defeated the French at Borodino.

Napoleon’s Retreat from Moscow (Early 1813) 100, 000 French troops retreat— 40, 000 survive!

The 6 th Coalition 1813 -1814: Napoléon’s Defeat

Napoleon Abdicates!

Napoleon’s Abdication

Napoleon in Exile on Elba

“The War of the 7 th Coalition” 1815: Napoleon’s “ 100 Days”

Napoleon’s Defeat at Waterloo (June 18, 1815) Duke of Wellington Prussian General Blücher

Napoleon on His Way to His Final Exile on St. Helena

Napoleon’s Residence on St. Helena

Napoleon’s Tomb

Hitler Visits Napoleon’s Tomb June 28, 1940