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AGE	DATE	EVENT
...	1769	Aug 15.--Napoleon Bonaparte born at Ajaccio, in Corsica. Fourth child of Charles Bonaparte and of Lititia, née Ramolino.
1	1771	July 21.--Naponeon Bonaparte baptized in the Cathedral of Ajaccio.
9	1778	Dec 15.--Napoleon embarks for France with his father, his brother Joseph, and his uncle Fesch.
9	1779	Jan 1.--Napoleon enters the College of Autun with Joseph.
9	1779	Apr 25.--Napoleon enters the Royal Military School of Brienne-la-Château.
15	1784	Oct 23.--Napoleon enters the Royal Military School of Paris.
15	1785	Feb 24.--Charles Bonaparte, father of Napoleon, dies from cancer in the stomach, aged thirty-eight years.
16	1785	Sep 1.--Napoleon appointed Lieutenant en second in the Compagnie d'Autume of Bombardiers of the 5th Brigade of the 1st Battalion of the (Artillery) Regiment de la Fère, then quartered at Valence.
16	1785	Oct 29.--Napoleon leaves the Military School of Paris.
16	1785	Nov 5 to Aug 11, 1786.--Napoleon at Valence with his regiment.
17	1786	Aug 15 to Sep 20, 1786.--Napoleon at Lyons with regiment.
17	1786	Oct 17 to Feb 1, 1787.--Napoleon at Douai with regiment.
17	1787	Feb 1 to Oct 14, 1787.--Napoleon on leave to Corsica.
18	1787	Oct 15 to Dec 24, 1787.--Napoleon quits Corsica, arrives in Paris, obtains fresh leave, and
18	1787	Dec 25 to May 1788.--Napoleon proceeds to Corsica and returnes early in May.
18-19	1788	May to Apr 4, 1789.--Napoleon at Auxonne with regiment.
19	1789	Apr 5 to Apr 30.--Napoleon at Seurre in command of a detachment.
19-20	1789	May 1 to Sep 15, 1789.--Napoleon at Auxonne with regiment.
20-21	1789	Sep 16 to Jun 1, 1791.--Napoleon proceeds to Corsica; engages in revolutionary movements; returns on 13th February 1791, having overstayed leave from 15th October 1790; absence excused on account of contrary winds.
21-22	1791	Jun 2 to Aug 29, 1791.--Napoleon joins the 4th Regiment of Artillery at Valence as Lieutenant en premier.
22	1791	Aug 30.--Napoleon starts for Corsica on leave for three months; elected in April 1792 as second Lieutenant-Colonel of 2d Battalion of Corsican Volunteers; engages in fresh revolutionary attempts; quits Corsica, 2d May 1792; for France, where he has been dismissed for absence without leave.
22	1791	Dec 12.--Marie Louise, daughter of Emperor Francis, born.
22	1792	Jun 20.--Attack of mob on Tuileries; King wears cap of liberty; Napoleon looking on.
22	1792	Aug 10.--Sack of Tuileries; slaughter of Swiss Guard; King suspended from his functions.
23	1792	Aug 30.--Napoleon reinstated; explaining his absence as serving with volunteers, and is promoted as Captain of 4th Class, with ante-date of 6th February 1792.
23	1792	Sep 14 to Jun 11, 1793.--Napoleon in Corsica engaged in revolutionary attempts, till, having declared against Paoli, he and his family have to quit Corsica. Meanwhile France declared a Republic, 21st September 1792; Louis XVI. guillotined 21st january 1793.
23	1793	Jun 13 to Jul 14, 1793.--Napoleon with his company at Nice.
23-24	1793	Jul 14 to Oct 9, 1793.--Napoleon with Army of Carteaux in the south, acting against Marseilles and Toulon.
24	1793	Oct 9 to Dec 19.--Napoleon placed in command of part of artillery of army of Carteaux before Toulon; made Chef de Bataillon (Major), 19th October; Toulon taken, 19th December.
24	1793	Dec 22.--Napoleon nominated provisionally General of Brigade; approved later; receives commission, 16th February 1794.
24	1793	Dec 26 to Apr 1, 1794.--Napoleon appointed Inspector of the coast from the Rhone to the Var, and on inspection duty.
24	1794	Apr 1 to Aug 5, 1794.--Napoleon with army of Italy under Dumerbion; preparing plans, etc., with the younger Robespierre, etc.; at Genoa, 15th-21st July.
24-25	1794	Aug 6 to Aug 20, 1794.--Napoleon in arrest after fall of Robespierre on suspicion of treachery.
25	1795	Sep 14 to Mar 29, 1795.--Napoleon commanding artillery of an intended maritime expedition to Corsica.
25	1795	Mar 27 to May 10.--Napoleon ordered from the south to join the army in La Vendée to command its artillery; arrives in Paris, 10th May.
25-26	1795	Jun 13.--Napoleon ordered to join Hoche's army at Brest, to command a brigade of infantry; remains in Paris; 21st August, attached to Comité de Salut Public as one of four advisers; 15th September, struck off list of employed generals for disobedience of orders in not proceeding to the west.
26	1795	Oct 5, 13th Vendémiaire (Jour des Sections).--Napoleon defends the Convention from the revolt of the Sections, and fires on the people, as second in command under Barras.
26	1795	Oct 16.--Napoleon appointed provisionally General of Division.
26	1795	Oct 20.--Napoleon appointed General of Division and Commander of the Army of the Interior (i.e., of Paris).
26	1796	Mar 2.--Napoleon appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Italy; 9th March, marries Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie, Vicomtesse de Beauharnais, widow of General Vicomte Alexandre de Beauharnais, and leaves Paris for Italy on 11th March.
26	1796	Apr and May--First Italian campaign of Napoleon against Austrians under Beaulieu, and Sardinians under Colli. Battle of Montenotte, 12th April; Millesimo, 13th April; Dego, 14th and 15th April; Mondovi, 21st April; Armistice of Cherasco with Sardinians, 28th April; Battle of Lodi, 9th May; Austrians beaten out of Lombardy and Mantua besieged.
26	1796	Jul and Aug--First attempt of Austrians to relieve Mantua; battle of Lonato, 31st July; Lonato and Castiglione, 3d August; and, again, Castiglione, 5th and 6th August; Wurmser beaten off, and Mantua again invested.
27	1796	Sep--Second attempt of Austrians to relieve Mantua; battles of Calliano, 4th September; Primolano, 7th September; Bassano, 8th September; St. Georges, 15th September; Wurmser driven into Mantua and invested there. Meanwhile Jourdan has been forced back across the Rhine by the Archduke Charles on 21st September; Moreau, after two celebrated retreats, recrosses the Rhine, 25th October.
27	1796	Nov--Third attempt of Austrians to relieve Mantua; battles of Caldiero, 11th November, and Arcola, 15th, 16th, and 17th November; Alvinzi driven off.
27	1797	Jan--Fourth attempt to relieve Mantua; battles of Rivoli, 14th January, and Favorita, 16th January; Alvinzi again driven off.
27	1797	Feb 2.--Wurmser surrenders Mantua with 18,000 men.
27	1797	Mar 10.--Napoleon commences his advance on the Archduke Charles; beats him at the Tagliamento, 16th March; 7th April, armistice of Judenbourg; 18th April, Provisional Treaty of Leoben with Austria, who cedes the Netherlands, and is to get the Venetian territory on the mainland; Hoche advances, crosses the Rhine same day, and Moreau on 20th April; till stopped by news of peace.
28	1797	Sep 4.--Coup d'état of the 18th Fructidor; majority of Directors, supported by the Jacobins and by Napoleon, put down Royalist movement and banish many deputies to Cayenne.
28	1797	Oct 17.--Treaty of Campo-Formio between France and Austria to replace that of Leoben; Venice partitioned, and itself now falls to Austria.
28	1798	Jan 19.--Congress of Rastadt formally opens, continues till 28th April 1799.
28	1798	--Egyptian expedition. Napoleon sails from Toulon, 19th May; takes Malta, 12th June; lands near Alexandria, 1st July; Alexandria taken, 2d July; battle of the Chebreisse, 13th July; battle of the Pyramids, 21st July; Cairo entered, 23d July.
28	1798	Aug 1.--Battle of the Nile.
29	1799	Mar 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	Jul 25.--Battle of Aboukir; Turks defeated. Meanwhile the Austrians and Russians have driven the French out of Italy, Macdonald being beaten by Suwarrow on the Trebbia, 18th to 20th June, and Hoche being defeated and killed at Novi, 15th August; French in same position as when Napoleon took command in 1796.
30	1799	Aug (22d August, Thiers; 24th August, Bourrienne; 10th September, Marmont).--Napoleon sails from Egypt; lands at Frejus, 6th October. Meanwhile Masséna beats the Russians and Austrians, 25th and 26th September, at Zurich; Suwarrow forces his way over the Alps, but withdraws his army in disgust with the Austrians in October.
30	1799	Oct 9 and 10, 18th and 19th Brumaire.--Napoleon seizes power. Provisionary Consulate formed--Napoleon, Siéyès, and Roger Ducos.
30	1799	Dec 25.--Napoleon, First Consul; Cambacérès, Second Consul; Lebrun, Third Consul.
30	1800	Apr 25.--Moreau commences his advance into Germany, and forces Austrians back on Ulm.
30	1800	May and June.--Marengo campaign. 14th May, Napoleon commences passage of St. Bernard; 2d June, enters Milan; 4th June, Masséna surrenders Genoa to Austrians; 9th June, Lannes gains battle of Montebello; 14th June, battle of Marengo; Desaix killed (Kléber assassinated in Egypt same day); armistice signed by Napoleon with Melas, 15th June; Genoa and Italian fortresses surrendered to French; Moreau concludes armistice, 15th July, having reached middle of Bavaria.
31	1800	Nov 28.--Rupture of Armistice with Austria; 3d December, Moreau gains battle of Hohenlinden.
31	1800	Dec 24. (3d Nivôse).--Affair of the Rue St. Nicaise; attempt to assassinate Napoleon by infernal machine.
31	1801	Feb 9.--Treaty of Luneville between France and Germany; Venice partitioned; left bank of Rhine and the Austrian Netherlands secured to France.
31	1801	Jul 15.--Concordat with Rome; Roman Catholic religion restored in France.
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	Mar 27.--Treaty of Amiens; England restores all conquests except Ceylon and Trinidad; French to evacuate Naples and Rome; Malta to be restored to Knights [of St. John].
32	1802	May 19.--Legion of Honour instituted; carried out 14th July 1814.
32	1802	Aug 4.--Napoleon First Consul for life.
33	1803	Feb 25.--Recess (or Reichs Deputation) of the German Empire; mediatisation of the smaller and of the ecclesiastical State of Germany.
33	1803	Mar 5.--Civil Code (later, Code Napoléon) decreed.
33	1803	May.--War between France and England.
34	1804	Mar 21.--Duc d'Enghien shot at Vincennes.
34	1804	May 18.--Napoleon, Empereur des Francais; crowned 2d December.
36	1805	--Ulm campaign; 25th September, Napoleon crosses the Rhine; 14th October, battle of Elchingen; 20th October, 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; Austria cedes her share of Venetian lands to Kingdom of Italy, and the Tyrol to Bavaria, which, with Würtemberg, is recognized as a Kingdom.
36	1806	Feb 15.--Joseph Bonaparte enters Naples as King.
36	1806	June 5.--Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland.
36	1806	Jul 1.--Confederation of the Rhine formed; Napoleon protector; German Empire dissolved 6th August; Francis I. takes title of Francis II. of Austria.
37	1806	--Jena campaign with Prussia. Battle of Saalfeld, 10th October; battles of Jena and of Auerstadt, 14th October; Berlin occupied, 25th October.
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	Jul 7.--Treaty of Tilsit. Prussia partitioned; Polish provinces forming Duchy of Warsaw under Saxony; provinces on left of Elbe, with Hesse Cassel, made into Kingdom of Westphalia for Jerôme Bonaparte.
37	1807	Aug and Sep--English expedition against Copenhagen.
38	1807	Oct 27.--Secret treaty of Fontainbleau between France and Spain for the partition of Portugal; Junot enters Lisbon, 30th November; Royal Family withdraw to Brazil.
38	1808	Mar.--French, under Murat, gradually occupy Spain under pretense of march on Portugal; 2d May, insurrection at Madrid; 9th May, treaty of Bayonne; Charles IV. Of Spain cedes throne; Joseph Bonaparte transferred from Naples to Spain; replaced at Naples by Murat.
38	1808	Jul 22.--Dupont surrenders to Spaniards at Baylen; this leads to evacuation of Madrid by French.
39	1808	Aug 17.--Wellesley defeats Laborde at Rolica, and Junot on 21st at Vimiera; 30th August, Convention of Cintra for evacuation of Portugal by Junot.
39	1808	Sep 27 to Oct 14.--Conferences at Erfurt between Napoleon, Alexander, and German Sovereigns.
39	1808	Nov and Dec.--Napoleon beats the Spanish armies; enters Madrid; marches against Moore, but suddenly returns to France to prepare for Austrian campaign.
39	1809	Jan 16.--Battle of Corunna.
40	1809	--Campaign of Wagram. Austrians advance, 10 April; battle of Abensberg 20th April; Echmuhl 22 April; Napoleon occupies Vienna, 13th May; beaten back at Essling, 22d May; finally crosses Danube, 4th July, and defeats Austrians at Wagram, 6th July; Armistice of Znaim, 12th July.
40	1809	Oct 14.--Treaty of Schœnbrunn or of Vienna; Austria cedes Istria, Carinthia, etc., to France, and Salzburg to Bavaria.
40	1809	Dec 15-16.--Josephine Divorced.
40	1810	Apr 1 and 2.--Marriage of Napoleon, aged 40, with Marie Louise, aged 18 and 3/12.
40	1810	Jul 3.--Louis Bonaparte abdicates crown of Holland, which is annexed to French Empire on 9 July.
41	1810	Dec 13.--Hanseatic towns and all northern cost of Germany annexed to French Empire.

41	.1811.	Mar 20.--The King of Rome, son of Napoleon, born.
42-43	1812	Jun 23.--War with Russia; Napoleon crosses the Niemen; 7th September, battle of Moskwa or Borodino; Napoleon enters Moscow, 14th September; commences his retreat, 19th October.
43	1812	Oct 22-23.--Conspiration of General Malet at Paris.
43	1812	Nov 26-28.--Passage of the Beresina; 5th December, Napoleon leaves his army; arrives at Paris, 18th December.
43-44	1813	--Leipsic campaign. 2d May, Napoleon defeats Russians and Prussians at Lutzen; and again on 20-21st May at Bautzen; (21st June, battle of Vittoria, Joseph decisively defeated by Wellington); 26th June, interview of Napoleon and Metternich at Dresden; 10th August, midnight, Austria joins the allies; 26- 27th August, Napoleon defeats allies at Dresden, but Vandamme is routed at Kulm on 30th August, and on 16th-19th October, Napoleon is beaten at Leipsic; 30th October, Napoleon sweeps Bavarians from his path at Hanau.
44	1814	--Allies advance into France; 29th January, battle of Brienne; 1st February, battle of La Rothière.
44	1814	Feb 5 to Mar 18.--Conferences of Chatillon (sur Seine).
44	1814	Feb 11.--Battle of Montmirail; 14th February, of Vauchamps; 18th February, of Montereau.
44	1814	Feb 23-24.--Wellington crosses the Abour, and beats Soult at Orthes on 27th February.
44	1814	Mar 7.--Battle of Craon; 9th-10th March, Laon; 20th March, Arcis sur l'Aube.
44	1814	Mar 21.--Napoleon commences his march to throw himself on the communications of the allies; 25th March, allies commence their march on Paris; Battle of LaFère Champenoise, Marmont and Mortier beaten; 28th March, Napoleon turns back at St. Dizier to follow allies; 29th March, Empress and Court leave Paris.
44	1814	Mar 30.--First Treaty of Paris; France restricted to limits of 1792, with some slight additions, part of Savoy, etc.
45	1814	Apr 2.--Senate declare the dethronement of Napoleon, who abdicates, conditionally, on 4th April in favour of his son, and unconditionally on 6th April; Marmont's corps marches into the enemy's lines on 5th April; on 11th April Napoleon signs the treaty giving him Elba for life; 20th April, Napoleon takes leave of the Guard at Fontainebleau; 3d May, Louis XVIII. Enters Paris; 4th May, Napoleon lands at Elba.
45	1814	Oct 3.--Congress of Vienna meets for settlement of Europe; actually opens 3d November.
45	1815	Feb 26.--Napoleon quits Elba; lands near Cannes, 1st March; 19th March, Louis XVIII. leaves Paris about midnight; 20th March, Napoleon enters Paris.
45	1815	16th Jun.--Battle of Ligny and Quatre Bras; 18th June, Battle of Waterloo.
45-46	1815	Jun 29.--Napoleon leaves Malmaison for Rochefort; surrenders to English, 15th July; sails for St. Helena, 8th August; arrives at St. Helena, 15th October.
46	1815	Nov 20.--Second Treaty of Paris; France restricted to limits of 1790; losing Savoy, etc., pays an indemnity, and receives an army of occupation.
51 yrs. 8 mos.	1821	May 5.--Napoleon dies 5.45 P.M.; buried 8th May.
---	1840	Oct 15.--Body of Napoleon disentombed; embarked in the Belle Poule, commanded by the Prince de Joinville, son of Louis Philippe, on 16th October; placed in the Invalides, 15th December 1840.