Napoleon bonaparte timeline for kids

Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August – 5 May ) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.

Early years

• October Napoleon graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in the artillery.
• November 3: Stationed in Valence

• December For his brilliant tactical command (although a subordinate officer, he was widely credited for the victory) at an internal French battle at Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of brigadier general

• August 9– Napoleon is imprisoned under suspicion of being a Jacobin and a supporter of Robespierre.

• October: Royalist 13 Vendémiaire rising put down by Napoleon.

  Barras helps Napoleon win promotion to Commander of the Interior

• October At the home of Paul Barras, a Directory member, Napoleon meets Rose de Beauharnais (Joséphine)
• 2 November: Directory (le Directoire) establishe