Chapter 19: Napoleon Timeline

Morgan Whitley Collins P.5

General/Political History

Birth of Napoleon Bonaparte

1769

Born on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, to a relatively poor family.

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Treaty of Campo Formio

October 1793

redistribution of territories along the Rhine River with France, Dutch Republic, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. All German states became dependent of Napoleon.

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Coup d' tat

September 4,1797

Prevented the monarchisits from taking a seat in the legislative. It also imposed censorship and exiled a few enemies.

Nelson Destroys French Fleet

August 1, 1798

British admiral Horatio Nelson destroys French fleets at Abukir. They cut off the French army from France.

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Treaty of Luneville

1800

Removed Austria from the war, after Russia left the Second Coalition.
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Organic Articles of 1802

1802

The French government established supremacy of the state over the Church without the pope's consent.

Treaty of Amiens

1802

British and France made peace

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Civil Code of 1804

1804

Also known as the Napoleonic Code. Made new rules such as workers associations remained forbidden, father's granted control over the children, and divorce was still difficult.
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Milan Decree of 1807

1807

Attempted to stop neutral trading from nations to Britain.

Treaty of Tilsit

1807

Napoleon appointed members of his family to govern the Empire. Was negotiated by Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I.
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Napoleon Exiled to Elba

March 1814

Napoleon was exiled to Elba when the allied armies marched to Paris.
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Treaty of Chaumont

March 9, 1814

Called for the restoration of the Bourbons to the throne of France.

Battle at Waterloo

June 18, 1815

Napoleon lost at the Battle at Waterloo and was exiled to the island of Saint Helena.
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Quadruple Alliance

November 20, 1815

England, Austria, Prussia, and Russia formed an alliance against Napoleon.

Napoleon's Death

1821

He died on the island of St. Helena where he was exiled to.

Thinkers

Immanuel Kant

1724 - 1804

Philosopher
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Johann Gottfried Herder

1744 - 1803

Disgusted by the French culture that overtook Germany. Looked for Germany's past to glorify the culture.
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Frecerich Schlegel

1767 - 1845

Wrote the novel Lucinde and attacks the [prejudice against woman.
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Viscount Francois Rene de Chateaucriand

1768 - 1848

Wrote The Genius of Christianity that became known as the Bible of Romanticism. Agreed Passion
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

1770 - 1831

German Philosopher, also known as the most complicated but significant philosopher in the history of Western Civilization.
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Wordsworth

1770 - 1850

Romantic writer and co authored Lyrical Ballads, and wrote Ode on Intimations of Immorality, and The Prelude.
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Klemens Von Metternich

1773 - 1859

Leader of the Congress of Vienna.
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Marie Louise

1791 - 1847

Married Napoleon and was the daughter of Emperor Francis I
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Misc

Emile

1762

Rousseau wrote Emile and it shows how an individual can lead a happy and good life that is uncorrupted by society.
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The Sorrows of Young Werther

1774

Book that made Goethe famous
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The Critique of Pure Reason

1781

Written by Kant and one of the greatest philosophical works of the 18th century.
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The Critique of Practical Reason

1788

Written by Kant and the other great philosophical work of the 18th century.
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Childe Harold's Pilgriamge

1812

Written by Lord Byron
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Don Juan

1819

Written by Lord Byron
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British Houses of Parliament

1836 - 1837

Most famous public buildings in the Neo Gothic style
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