Napoleon Bonaparte
In General:
* Was born in Ajaccio (Corsica) 8/15/1769
* Son of Carlo Bonaparte and Maria Laetitia Ramolino
* He had 12 siblings
* His idol was Pascal Paoli
* Died 5/5/1821 on St.Helena
Childhood:
* He wanted the freedom of his homeland back
* Went to the official state school of Ajaccio
* Went to two military schools, therefore he had a well military knowledge
Privacy:
* Was married twice
* Joséphine de Beauharnais
* Marie-Louise von Habsburg
* He had one son: Napoleon Franz Bonaparte (with Marie-Louise)
Career:
* 1785: Second lieutenant of artillery
* 1799: Coup d'etat = Reign
* 1802: Consul for life
* 1804: Emperor / 1805: He named himself king of Italy
* 1814: Exile on Elba
* 1815: 2nd exile/banned to St.Helena
His End:
* After his first exile (Elba) he came back and had the “Hundred days”
* This was his return to power for one hundred days after he lost the battle at Waterloo and thus his power
* Once he was banned to St.Helena he died there on 5/5/1821
Achievements for Europe:
* He invented the “Code Civil” which is the basic of our Civil Rights
* He spread the Kilo, Meter and the Liter also in Germany
* He rediscovered Egypt by distributing the Ottomans
* In Paris he built the Arc de Triomphè to present his army
Vocabs:
Sibling | Geschwister |
Idol | Idol, Vorbild |
married | verheiratet |
second lieutenant of artillery | Leutnant der Atillerie |
exile | Verbannung |
Hundred days | Die Herrschaft der hundert Tage |
thus | So, somit |
once | nachdem |
spread | verbreiten |
rediscover | wieder entdecken |
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