The Devil had his list-begun Of crime the onaparte had done! "hen God the #ather, or God the $on %ut $atan short, before Gods throne& "Don't bore us all to death 'ith reading ( German professorial pleading& )f you are bold enough to face him )n your *ingdom you may place him" -----+Goethe, Napoleon onaparte +-./0 - -12-, Napoleon %rossing the (lps, Jac3ues-4ouis David +-155, Oil on %anvas,
(ttended the military academy at rienne-le-%hateau
8arried to Josephine de eauharnais
4ater divorced due to a lac= of children and married to
8arie-4ouise, Duchess of 6arma +of the (ustrian noble family,
:ise to 6o'er
(s an artillery captain, rose to fame during the #rench
revolution and 'as promoted to rigadier General
$uccessful stints in Nice, )taly and <gypt established his
credentials as a strategist and leader of men
On returning to #rance, there 'as a po'er vacuum caused
by the collapse of the revolution and internal unrest
%oup to ta=e po'er and declared #irst %onsul for 4ife
4ater, became Napoleon ), <mperor of #rance
Napoleonic "ars +-155 - -1-7,
$eries of 'ars fought bet'een #rance and her =ingdoms
against various coalitions of <uropean states
%oalition at different times included (ustria, 6russia,
:ussia, $'eden and Great ritain
Napoleon 'as responsible for establishing #rance as the
most po'erful nation in <urope
(lso responsible for having <urope up in flames for the
better part of a decade
#inally concluded 'ith his defeat at "aterloo in -1-7
The Third %oalition
$panned from -15> to -15/
#rance vs! (ustria, 6ortugal, :ussia
Great ritain also fought #rance, but 'as not part of the coalition
<ffectively ended 'ith the Treaty of 6ressburg, 'hich
ceded control of (ustria to #rance
(t the end, only ritain remained fighting Napoleon
T'o famous battles ; the attle of Trafalgar and the attle
of (usterlit9
The attle of Trafalgar +-157,
#rance 'as the pre-eminent po'er on soil, but ritain
remained control of the seas
Napoleon 'anted to have naval supremacy to launch an
invasion of ritain
6ierre ?illeneuve 'as in command of the #rench forces +>>
ships, 'hile Nelson 'as leading the ritish forces +2. ships,
<nd result ; Decisive ritish victory +2> ships sun= 'ithout
losing a single one, ensuring that #rance never got a chance to invade ritain
Nelson divided his forces into t'o columns, 'hile
concentrating his attac= on the rear of his enemies forces
Trafalgar $3uare
Trafalgar $3uare in 4ondon
'as named to commemorate this battle
4ord Nelson 'as mortally
'ounded in it ; as a homage, the central attraction of Trafalgar $3uare is Nelson's %olumn, a 7!7 m sculpture of Nelson atop a -@/ m high granite column
The attle of (usterlit9 +-157,
%onsidered to be one of Napoleon's greatest victories
)mmediately follo'ed the Third %oalition, no real time of
peace in bet'een
%oalition consisted of 6russia, :ussia, $'eden and ritain
6russian forces under #rederic= "illhelm ))) soundly
defeated at the attle of Jena-(uerstedt, -0 days after the formation of the coalition
:ussian forces defeated at #riedland
Once again, only ritain remained to appose Napoleon
The attle of Jena-(uerstedt +-15/,
T'in battles bet'een the #rench forces under Napoleon
+Jena,BDavout +(uerstedt, against the 6russian forces
(t Jena, the #rench attac=ed under cover of the morning
mist
4ittle initial success, but later, more concentrated attac=s
led to the flan= being captured and encircling the centre
8arshall Ney's attac= 'ithout orders proved near
catastrophic
(daptability of the single chain of command in the #rench
army
(t (uerstedt, Davout attac=ed a much larger 6russian
force destroying it completely
The :ussian )nvasion +-1-2,
Napoleon attac=ed :ussia 'ith around 755,555 men
:ussians set up strong fortifications along the 'ay to slo'
Napoleon, but retreated past 8osco', after setting it to flame
#rench occupied a burning 8osco', then started to retreat
in the bitter :ussian 'inter
(rmy 'as devastated by a lac= of supplies
Citler made a similar mista=e in ""))
Tchai=ovs=y's -1-2 Overture
%omposed in -115, commemorates the attle of ordino in
-1-2
Cighlights include a volley of cannon fire
(ntal Dorati's classical recording in -07@, used real
cannons instead of the simulated shots that earlier versions had used
Tchai=ovs=y himself hated this piece of music since it 'as
much more loud and violent than most of his 'or=
The attle of "aterloo +-1-7,
#rench forces led by Napoleon attac=ed the (nglo-6russian
forces under the command of the Du=e of "ellington and 8arshall lucher
#ought near "aterloo, Dust south of russels
Napoleon attac=ed both parties individually hoping to be
able to defeat them before they could combine forces
Delayed attac= due to bad 'eather may have ended up
costing the #rench army dearly, and Napoleon his cro'n
Cistorical event 'hich ended up adding to the <nglish
leAicon
Death
:e3uested asylum from the ritish after the attle of
"aterloo
%ontroversy in the ritish 6arliament, before finally
deciding to eAile him to $t! Celena
Numerous plots from eA-Grand (rmee veterans to try and
free him
)n -12-, health began to decline rapidly and died shortly
thereafter
Official cause of death 'as stomach cancer
%ontroversies
ody 'as found to be in remar=ably good condition 'hen
moved to #rance
(utopsies revealed arsenic concentration of around -55
times the normal levels in Napoleon's hair
%ontroversies abound as to 'hether Napoleon 'as
deemed too dangerous to let live and murdered by arsenic poisoning in his food
8odern research seems to agree 'ith the original cause
stating that high arsenic levels 'ere probably due to prolonged eAposure in life
$ome Euotable Euotes Conest to a fault -
FThe best 'ay to =eep one's 'ord is not to give it!G
F) can no longer obeyH ) have tasted command, and )
cannot give it up!G Not prone to generali9ations -
F<ngland is a nation of shop=eepers!G
FThe #rench complain of everything, and al'ays! F
(nd also, at the forefront of 'omen's emancipation -
F"omen are nothing but machines for producing children!G
Other #un $tuff
Napoleon's sister 6auline orghese, nee onaparte,
became 6rincess orghese via marriage to %amillo orghese
(mongst other things, scandali9ed society by posing for art
6auline orghese as ?enus, %anova, -151
Trivia
(round the Napoleonic era, succession issues in $'eden
<lect someone 'ho 'as a soldier and friendly 'ith
Napoleon
One of Napoleon's marshals, Jean aptiste ernadotte,
'ho had $'edish ancestry 'as voted *ing of $'eden
The Couse of ernadotte is still the ruling house of $'eden
Nostradamus and Napoleon
Did Nostradamus predict NapoleonI - The prophecy and the facts!!!!
An Emperor will be born near Italy, He will cost his Empire very dearly... Napoleon 'as born in %orsica off the )talian coast!
From simple soldier he will attain to Empire...Italy, Spain, and the
English tremble; he will be greatly attentive to foreign women.. :ose from an artillery captain to <mperor! Josephine 'as born in the %arribean, 8arie-4ouise (ustrian
For fourteen years he will hold his tyranny...
Napoleon ruled from -155 to -1-7
...the chief adversary will be victorious. he rear guard will ma!e a
defense, those who falter dying in the white country. The :ussian campaign!!!!
he great empire will be e"changed for a little...petty place...#to$
which he will come to lay down his scepter <Aile and death in $t! Celena