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=Napoleon Bonaparte = toc Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769. He was born into a very rich family. During his life he was married twice and had one son. Napoleon was famous for being a very strong French military leader and he fought in many battles. After the battle of Waterloo in Belgium, he was imprisoned by the British on the island of St. Helena and lived there in exile for five and a half years. He died on May 5, 1821

Early Life of Napoleon


Napoleon was born in 1796 as you already know. He had four brothers and three sisters. When he was ten, Napoleon and his brother, Joseph left their family to go to a military school near Paris, France. In 1794, Napoleon was put in charge of liberating Toulon, France. Since he succeeded, he became the brigadier general on the twenty- second of December.

Napoleon's Most Famous Battles


The Battle of Marengo 
The battle of Marengo took place on June 14, 1800. The French were fighting the Austrians near a town called Alessandria. The fighting started in the morning. The French started running low on supplies like ammunition and men between 11am and 12pm. In the end, both sides lost 7,000 men, but the Austrians also took 7,000 men as prisoners.

The Battle of Leipzig
This battle took place closer to the end of Napoleon's Empire. I believe it took place in 1813. He was trapped in Leipzig for three days and started to lose the army he had just created to replace another lost army. So he created a third army to replace the second one. After the last bridge was destroyed while the French were still on it, they surrendered.

The Battle of Waterloo
This battle took place on June 18, 1815. It was Napoleon's last battle. Both sides lost men and no one knew who would win. The British were getting tired as well as the French. The Purrsians arrived though, making it clear that the French had lost.

Napoleon's Capture and Death


Napoleon was captured for the second time on June twenty fifth (my birthday) 1815. He stayed in a house on St. Helena's Island. His health deteriorated and he was doing very poor until he died on May fifth 1821. The cause is debatable. Some people say cancer and others argue he was poisoned.

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