Napoleon Lecture Notes

Vocabulary-style flashcards detailing the timeline, military campaigns, titles, and legal code of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Napoleon's Birth

August $15, 1769$ in Ajaccio, France.

Napoleon's Death

May $5, 1821$ at Longwood House.

$1812$ Invasion of Russia

A military campaign where Napoleon sent $600,000$ men to Russia.

Battle of Borodino

A clash involving $200,000$ troops that failed to destroy the Russian army.

Moscow Occupation

Napoleon occupied the city, but the outcome was the Russians burning it.

Return to Power ($1815$)

Napoleon escaped his first exile and returned to power in $1815$.

Battle of Ligny

Napoleon's final military victory.

Battle of Waterloo

The defining climax of the era, which resulted in a loss for Napoleon.

Napoleonic Code ($1804$)

Legal system where women were legally subordinated to men, denied the vote, and men were given more control of family and property.

Emperor ($1804$)

The title Napoleon took in $1804$.

King of Italy ($1805$)

The title Napoleon assumed in $1805$.

Sovereign of the Island of Elba ($1814$)

The title Napoleon held in $1814$ during his first exile.

Emperor Franch ($1815$)

The title Napoleon held upon his return to power in $1815$.

Napoleonic code

Women legally subordinated to men, no vote, men more control of family, no rights in marriage or property