How Did Napoleon Bonaparte Happen During The French Revolution

In the Napoleonic Era there was a bunch of historical events that took place. Napoleon Bonaparte was a very important man during the French Revolution. He declared himself the Emperor of the French and created his own empire. He was in the France army and was also appointed the First Consul. These are important events that happened during his lifetime. First in Napoleon Bonaparte early life he was born on August 15, 1769, on a island called Corsica. His family was originally Italian, but nine years after he was born they were given a French Noble status. Napoleon went to a military college of Brienne. He studied there for five years, and then went to a military academy in Paris. In 1785, Napoleon’s father died of stomach cancer. Napoleon sided …show more content…
The acts of the execution of King Louis XVI led to the rise of Maximilien de Robespierre. Robespierre became the dictator of France and the years 1793 and 1794 became known as the Reign of Terror. In the Reign of Terror as many as 40,000 people died.”After falling out of favor with Robespierre, he came into the good graces of the Directory in 1795 after he saved the government from counter-revolutionary forces. For his efforts, Napoleon was soon named commander of the Army of the Interior. In addition he was a trusted advisor to the Directory on military matters.” Years later Napoleon helped with the creation on the new Constitution. It created the position of First Consul, which was basically a dictatorship. In 1802 he was elected consul for life. Two years later in 1804, he was proclaimed the Emperor of France. “In 1812 France was devastated when its invasion of Russia turned out to be a colossal failure in which scores of soldiers in Napoleon's Grand Army were killed or badly wounded. Napoleon surrendered to allied forces on March 30, 1814. He went into exile on the island of Elba.” In March 1815 Napoleon escaped his exile and returned to