On December 2nd of the year 1804, Napoleon crowned himself Emperor. He did this because France was at war with most of Europe, and he wanted to attempt to save his nation before it collapsed. In 1804 he established the French Empire and by 1807, his empire stretched from the River Elbe in the North, down through Italy in the South, and from the Pyrenees to the Dalmatian coast. In 1812, Napoleon encountered the first significant defeats of his military career. He suffered through a Russian invasion, and the lose of Spain to the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula War.
On the island of Saint Helena, Napoleon, and a few followers, lived under house arrest. At 51 years old, in the year 1821, he died from what they thought was stomach cancer.
On the island of Saint Helena, Napoleon, and a few followers, lived under house arrest. At 51 years old, in the year 1821, he died from what they thought was stomach cancer.