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Napoleon I
Napoleon I was born in Corsica 1769 to Carlo
Bonaparte, an Italian lawyer and politician.
Napoleons family was not rich but considered
by local standards to be well off. In 1785
Napoleon had finished his education and had
graduated 42 nd in his class of 58 from Paris's
military academy (BBC, 2017).
Napoleon was determined to succeed, he was first commissioned as 2 nd lieutenant to an artillery
and he studied tactics vigorously to prove himself. In 1793 the French revolution came around
during the reign of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette due to unfair taxing and starvation. For
Napoleon the French revolution brought around his families banishment from Corsica as his
younger brother claimed Pasquale Paoli, the leader of the resistance army against the French,
was a traitor. Napoleon was now a Frenchman (BBC, 2017).
The siege of Toulon was
Napoleons first major victory
were he could prove himself.
He drove the British troops
from the port and recovered
the city. His work didn’t go
unnoticed and just at the age
of 24 Napoleon was
promoted to Brigadier.
His achievements gained the attention of people in higher positions.
Maximilien Robespierre the leader of the Jacobins was leading the reign
of terror. The Jacobins were a political party who believed the revolution
was needed. By 1794 over 20,000 people who were against the French
revolution were executed at the guillotine (BBC, 2017 and Hart-Davis,
2007)
In 1796 Napoleon was made head of the army in Italy, from here
Napoleon went from strength to strength winning battles across
Europe, including the Papal army. He became know as a French
hero. However Napoleon was not content with being know as a
superb General he wanted high political power. In 1799 Napoleon
had become first consul he then went on to defeating the Austrians
again in Italy and Germany, this gave his the promotion of consul for
life. 1804 Napoleon declared himself emperor, in Notre dame
Cathedral Paris, which gave him the most power in Europe (Hart-
Davis, 2007).
1807, David, the coronation of
Napoleon, oil on canvas. (cropped).
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