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| 1769 | Birth |  |
| 15th Aug Ajaccio Birth of Napoleon I, Corsica, 4th child of a poor Corsican lawyer |
| 1771 | Baptism | |
| 21st July Ajaccio Baptised in Ajaccio Cathedral |
| 1778 | Education | |
| 1st Jan Brienne Begins attending the College of Autun at Brienne |
| 1779 | Education | |
| Brienne Begins military studies at the Ecole de Brienne |
| 1st Jan Autun Enters the College of Autun |
| 1784 | Education | |
| 22nd Oct Paris Attends the Ecole Militaire, awarded a free place by Louis XVI as a "gentleman cadet" |
| 1785 | Education | |
| 29th Oct Paris Leaves the Military School of Paris |
| 1785 | Lieutenant en second | |
| 1st Sep Valence Appointed Lieutenant en second of a Battalion in an artillery regiment |
| 1785 | Lieutenant Napoleon I | |
| 5th Nov Valence Joins his regiment at Valence |
| 5th Nov Valence Joins his regiment in Valence |
| 1786 | Lieutenant Napoleon I | |
| 15th Sep Lyons Joins his regiment in Lyons |
| 1787 | Leave Napoleon I | |
| 1st Feb Corsica Takes leave to Corsica |
| 1787 | Lieutenant Napoleon I | |
| 17th Oct Douai Joins his regiment at Douai |
| 1789 | Lieutenant Napoleon I | |
| 5th April Seure Appointed Commander of a detachment of his regiment |
| 5th April Seurre Placed in charge of a detachment in Seurre |
| May Auxonne Joins his regiment in Auxonne |
| 1st May Auxonne Joins his regiment in Auxonne |
| 1789 | Rebellion | |
| 16th Sep Corsica Engages in revolutionary movements in Corsica |
| 16th Sep Corsica Joins the Corsican revolutionary movements |
| 1790 | Rebellion | |
| Corsica Heads signatories sent to the National Assembly against reactionary Corsican leaders |
| 1790 | Rule of Corsica | |
| Corsica Corsica becomes a part of France |
| 1791 | Jacobin Club | |
| Paris Appointed Member of the Ajaccio Jacobin Club at its foundation |
| Paris Appointed Member of the Ajaccio Jacobin Club |
| Paris Helps found the Jacobin Club |
| 1791 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| Corsica Appointed Lieutenant-Colonel in Corsica |
| 1791 | Lieutenant Napoleon I | |
| 2nd June Valence Appointed Lieutenant en premier |
| 2nd June Valence Joins the 4th Regiment of Artillery at Valence as Lieutenant en Premier |
| 1791 | Lieutenant Premiere Napoleon I | |
| 1st April Appointed Premier Lieutenant |
| 1791 | Oath | |
| Paris Army officers swear an oath of loyalty to the National Assembly |
| 1792 | Captain | |
| 6th Feb Appointed Capitaine en Second |
| 30th Aug Appointed Captain in the 4th Artillery |
| 1792 | Lieutenant Colonel | |
| April Appointed 2nd Lieutenant-Colonel of 2nd Battalion of Corsican Volunteers |
| 1st April Appointed 2nd Lieutenant-Colonel of 2nd Battalion of Corsican Volunteers |
| 1792 | Rebellion | |
| 14th Sep Corsica Returns to Corsica to rejoin the revolutionary movements |
| 1793 | Battle of Tournai | |
| 23rd Sep Tournai A Battle between 50,000 Allies & 45,000 French, both sides retreat |
| 1793 | Brigadier General | |
| 22nd Dec Toulon Appointed Brigadier, age 24 |
| 22nd Dec Paris Appointed Brigadier |
| 1793 | Captain | |
| 13th June Nice Rejoins his company at Nice |
| 14th July Carteaux Joins the Army of Carteaux acting against Marseilles & Toulon |
| 1793 | Capture of Le Caire | |
| 25th Nov Le Caire The Council of War accepts Napoleon's proposals to recapture Le Caire Peninsular |
| 17th Dec Le Caire Enables the recapture of Toulon |
| 17th Dec Le Caire Leads a force which recaptures Le Caire Peninsular from the British |
| 1793 | Capture of Toulon | |
| 19th Dec Toulon Toulon is recaptured by the revolutionaries |
| 22nd Dec Toulon Captures Toulon & is made a Brigadier |
| 1793 | Chef de Bataillon Napoleon I | |
| 18th Oct Toulon Appointed Chef de Bataillon at the siege of Toulon |
| 1793 | Declaration of War | |
| 22nd Jan France declares a war of European liberation |
| 22nd Jan France declares war on Britain to defend the gains of the revolution |
| 1st Feb France declares war on Britain |
| 1st Feb France invades the Austrian Netherlands, threatening Britain's maritime security |
| 1793 | General de Brigade Napoleon I | |
| 22nd Dec Appointed General de Brigade |
| 1793 | General of the Brigade | |
| 22nd Dec Appointed General of the Brigade, provisional |
| 1793 | Inspector Coast | |
| 26th Dec Appointed Inspector of the Coast from the Rhone to the Var |
| 1793 | Major | |
| 19th Oct Toulon Appointed Major |
| 1793 | Rebellion | |
| Paris Brings the extremist phase of the revolution to an end |
| Paris Defeats a rebellion in Paris on 13 Vendemiare & establishes the Directory |
| 1793 | Reform | |
| 23rd Aug Paris A levee en masse is raised aiming to enlist 16,000 men |
| 1793 | Siege of Toulon | |
| 16th Sep Toulon Given command of the artillery |
| 18th Oct Toulon Appointed Chef de Bataillon at the siege of Toulon |
| 25th Nov Le Caire The Council of War accepts Napoleon's proposals to recapture Le Caire Peninsular |
| 16th Dec Toulon Directs a siege against a British squadron & wins promotion to General of brigade |
| 16th Dec Toulon Toulon is recaptured from the British |
| 1793 | Treaty of Amiens | |
| 25th Mar Amiens The Directory is recognized by the Pitt Government which offers to negotiate for peace |
| 1794 | Arrest | |
| 6th Aug Antibes Arrested on suspicion of being a Robespierrist |
| 20th Aug Antibes Released in order to reinforce the army of Italy's General staff |
| 1794 | Commander | |
| 1st April Appointed Commander of the Artillery in the Army of Italy |
| 1794 | General of the Brigade | |
| 16th Feb Appointed General of the Brigade, confirmed |
| 1st April Joins the Army of Italy under Dumerbion |
| 1794 | Siege of Genoa | |
| 15th July Genoa Present at the siege of Genoa |
| 1795 | Commander | |
| 20th Oct Paris Appointed Commander of the Army of the Interior, for saving the Tuileries Palace |
| 20th Oct Paris Appointed Commander of the Army of the Interior |
| 1795 | Dismissal | |
| 15th Sep Paris Dismissed from list of Generals for not joining Hoche's Army at Brest |
| 1795 | General Division Napoleon I | |
| 16th Oct Appointed General of the Division, provisional |
| 1795 | Pantheon Closure | |
| 27th Feb Paris Closes the Pantheon down when it protests about the arrest of Babeuf's wife |
| 1795 | Rebellion | |
| 5th Oct Paris Defends the Convention & fires on the people, commanded by Barras |
| 5th Oct Paris Suppresses a Royalist uprising in Paris |
| 5th Oct Paris Uses a "whiff of grapeshot" on the "day of the sections" to drive out the Paris ian mob |
| 1796 | Armistice | |
| 28th April Cherasco Secures an Armistice with the Aerdinians |
| 1796 | Battle of Adige | |
| Adige Italians fight with Napoleon against Austria waving their new green, white & red flags |
| 1796 | Battle of Bassano | |
| 8th Sep Bassano Defeats the Austrians in Mantua |
| 1796 | Battle of Castiglione | |
| 6th Aug Castiglione Defeats the Austrians in Mantua |
| 1796 | Battle of Dego | |
| 14th April Dego Commands the Army of Italy against the Austrians & Sardinians |
| 1796 | Battle of Lodi | |
| 9th May Lodi Drives the Austrians out of Lombardy |
| 1796 | Battle of Lonato | |
| 31st July Lonato Defeats the Austrians in Mantua |
| 1796 | Battle of Millesimo | |
| 13th April Millesimo Commands the Army of Italy against the Austrians & Sardinians |
| 1796 | Battle of Mondovi | |
| 21st April Mondovi Commands the Army of Italy against the Austrians & Sardinians |
| 1796 | Battle of Montenotte | |
| 12th April Montenotte Commands the Army of Italy against the Austrians & Sardinians |
| 1796 | Capture of Venetian Rep | |
| 15th May Venetian Rep Occupies the Venetian Republic |
| 1796 | Cisalpine Rep | |
| Cisalpine Rep The Cisalpine Republic is founded, modelled on the French Constitution |
| 1796 | Cispadine Rep | |
| 16th Oct Cispadine Rep Creates the Cispadine Republic |
| 1796 | Commander | |
| 2nd Mar Appointed Commander of the Army in Italy |
| 1796 | Invasion of Italy | |
| 11th April Leads the Army into Italy |
| 1796 | Invasion of Lombardy | |
| 16th May Lombardy Napoleon conquers Lombardy as far as Mantua then creates the Lombard Republic |
| 1796 | Invasion of Papal States | |
| 12th June Papalates Begins the invasion of Papal territory |
| 1796 | Lombard Republic | |
| 16th May Lombardy Founds the Lombard Republic |
| 1796 | Marriage | |
| 9th Mar Marries Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie |
| 1796 | Siege of Mantua | |
| May Lodi Drives the Austrians out of Mantua |
| 1797 | Armistice | |
| 7th April Judenbourg The armistice of Judenbourg is concluded after the battle of Tagliamento |
| 1797 | Battle of Tagliamento | |
| 16th Mar Tagliamento Defeats the Austrians under Archduke Charles |
| 1797 | Capture of Mantua | |
| 2nd Feb Mantua Wurmser surrenders his Army of Italy & Mantua to Bonaparte |
| 1797 | Cisalpine Rep | |
| Cisalpine Rep Allows the ex-papal states, headed by Bologna, to join the Cisalpine Republic |
| 29th June Cisalpine Rep Creates the Cisalpine Republic |
| 1797 | Coup d'Etat | |
| 4th Sep Cayenne Royalist movements are banished & many deputies move to Cayenne |
| 4th Sep Paris Supports the Coup of 18th Fructidor |
| 1797 | Invasion of England | |
| Paris Trys to weaken England by invading Egypt then allying with Turkey |
| Suez Canal Wishes to weaken England by threatening India overland or by completing the Suez Canal |
| 1797 | Ligurian Rep | |
| Genoa Burns the "Libro d'Oro", a book of blue blood |
| Genoa Napoleon establishes his 2nd Italian state |
| 1797 | Treaty of Campo Formio | |
| Campo Formio Austria recognizes the Italian Republics & France gains the Ionian Islands |
| Rastadt The Treaty is ratified at Rastadt |
| 1797 | Treaty of Campo Formio | |
| 17th Oct Campo Formio Austria</ |
