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The French Revolution
Napoleon Bonaparte was the
Governor Of France since
1799-1821
Napoleon Bonaparte; 15 August
1769 ? 5 May 1821), was a military
and political leader of France and
Emperor of the French as Napoleon
I, whose actions shaped European
politics in the early 19th century.
Napoleon was born in Corsica to
parents of noble Italian ancestry and
trained as an artillery officer in
mainland France. Bonaparte rose to
prominence under the First French
Republic
and
led
successful
campaigns against the First and
Second Coalitions arrayed against
France. In 1799, he staged a coup
d'état and installed himself as First
Consul; five years later the French
Senate proclaimed him emperor. In
the first decade of the nineteenth
century, the French Empire under
Napoleon engaged in a series of
conflicts?the Napoleonic Wars?
involving every major European
power. After a streak of victories,
France secured a dominant position
in continental Europe, and Napoleon
maintained the French sphere of
influence through the formation of
extensive
alliances
and
the
appointment of friends and family
members to rule other European
countries as French client states.
The French invasion of Russia in
1812 marked a turning point in
Napoleon's fortunes. His Grande
Armée was badly damaged in the
campaign and never fully recovered.
In 1813, the Sixth Coalition defeated
his forces at Leipzig; the following
year the Coalition invaded France,
forced Napoleon to abdicate and
exiled him to the island of Elba. Less
than a year later, he escaped Elba and
returned to power, but was defeated
at the Battle of Waterloo in June
1815. Napoleon spent the last six
years of his life in confinement by the
British on the island of Saint Helena.
An autopsy concluded he died of
stomach cancer, though Sten
Forshufvud and other scientists have
since conjectured that he was
poisoned with arsenic.
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Storming
Of The
Bastille
The Estates
General
The
Estates-General
(or
States-General) of 1789 (French: Les
États-Généraux de 1789) was
the first meeting since 1614 of the
French Estates-General, a general
assembly representing the French
estates of the realm: the nobility, the
Church, and the common people.
Summoned by King Louis XVI to
propose solutions to his government's
financial
problems,
the
Estates-General sat for several weeks
in May and June of 1789, but came to
an impasse as the three Estates
clashed over their respective powers.
It was brought to an end when many
members of the Third Estate formed
themselves into a National Assembly,
signalling the outbreak of the French
Revolution.
Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France
Napoleon's campaigns are studied at
military academies the world over.
While considered a tyrant by his
opponents, he is also remembered for
the establishment of the Napoleonic
code, which laid the administrative
and judicial foundations for much of
Western Europe.
The Storming of the Bastille
occurred in Paris on the 14th of
July, 1789. The medieval fortress
and prison in Paris known as the
Bastille represented royal authority
in the center of Paris. While the
prison only contained seven
prisoners at the time of its storming,
its fall was the flashpoint of the
French
Revolution,
and
it
subsequently became an icon of the
French Republic. In France, Le
quatorze juillet (14 July) is a public
holiday, formally known as the
Fête de la Fédération
(Federation Holiday). It is usually
called Bastille Day in English.
During the reign of Louis XVI,
France faced a major economic
crisis, initiated by the cost of
intervening in the American
Revolution
(and
particularly
never-consummated
efforts
to
invade Britain), and exacerbated by
an unequal system of taxation.
(1769-1821).
France Rugby team
wins Again.
PARIS-Alexandre Romanov makes
the score in the first half of the game
with assistance of Dimitri Absalon.
And in the second half scores again
without assistance of nobody, thanks
to him the score ends 2-0