Tag: Napoleon Bonaparte
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Rear-Admiral Nelson Triumphant at the Battle of the Nile, August 1, 1798.
Image: The Destruction of L’Orient at the Battle of the Nile George Arnald, 1827. On August 1, 1798, Horatio Nelson defeated a French fleet at the Battle of the Nile. The clash left Napoleon’s 45,000-man Armée d’Orient stranded in Egypt with no way to return home. The Battle of the Nile was fought between the…
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After the Russian Tsar’s denunciation of the French Continental System, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte ordered his Grande Armee to invade Russia. June 24, 1812.
Image: Napoleon and his staff at Borodino. (Public Domain) On this day in history, following the Russian Tsar’s denunciation of the French Continental System, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte ordered his Grande Armee, the most significant European military force ever assembled to that date, into Russia. This massive army, featuring nearly 600,000 soldiers, included troops from…
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Napoleon Bonaparte Was Crowned Napoleon I in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the First French Person to Become Emperor in a Thousand Years. December 2, 1804.
Image: Joséphine kneels before Napoléon during his coronation at Notre Dame. Behind him sits pope Pius VII. (Public Domain). On this day in history, December 2, 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Napoleon I in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the first French person to become emperor in a thousand years. Pope Pius VII gave Napoleon…
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Ex-French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte Sets Sail for Exile to the Mid-Atlantic Island of St. Helena on Board HMS Northumberland, Nearly Two Months After his Defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. August 9, 1815.
(Image: Napoleon on Saint Helena, watercolor by Franz Josef Sandmann, c. 1820. Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, ex-French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte sets sail for exile from the coast of England to the mid-Atlantic Island of St. Helena on board the British ship HMS Northumberland, nearly two months after his defeat at the Battle of…
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