Napoleon I: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	the Little Corporal • Napoleone Buonaparte • Le Corse • Napoléon Bonaparte • the Corsican • Le Petit Caporal
Born	August 15, 1769 • Ajaccio • France
Died	May 5, 1821 (aged 51) • Saint Helena
Title / Office	emperor (1815-1815), France • emperor (1804-1814), France
Founder	Saint-Cyr
Political Affiliation	Jacobin Club
House / Dynasty	Bonaparte family
Notable Family Members	spouse Marie-Louise • spouse Joséphine • father Carlo Maria Buonaparte • mother Letizia Buonaparte • son Alexandre-Florian-Joseph Colonna, Comte Walewski • son Napoléon-François-Charles-Joseph Bonaparte, Herzog von Reichstadt • brother Jérôme Bonaparte • brother Joseph Bonaparte • brother Louis Bonaparte • brother Lucien Bonaparte • sister Pauline Bonaparte • sister Élisa Bonaparte • sister Caroline Bonaparte
Role In	Battle of Austerlitz • Battle of Borodino • Battle of Dresden • Battle of Eylau • Battle of Friedland • Battle of Jena • Battle of Leipzig • Battle of Lodi • Battle of Marengo • Battle of Smolensk • Battle of Ulm • Battle of Wagram • Battle of Waterloo • Battle of the Pyramids • Concordat of 1801 • Continental System • Coup of 18–19 Brumaire • French Revolution • French Revolutionary wars • Napoleonic Wars • Peninsular War • Siege of Acre • Siege of Mantua • Siege of Toulon • Treaty of Amiens • Treaty of Campo Formio • Treaty of Pressburg • Treaty of Schönbrunn • Treaties of Tilsit

Napoleon discovered the Rosetta Stone.
Plans to rescue Napoleon from exile involved escape by balloon, yacht, and submarine.
Napoleon wrote a romance novel titled "Clisson and Eugenie".