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. Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 in France, Corsica. He was a short man at 5 foot 3 who would come to be recognized as one of the worlds greatest military geniuses. At age nine his parents sent him to a military school and at 16 he finished school and became a lieutenant in the artillery. When war broke out he joined a new group and was given a chance for glory when rebels marched to a convention of delegates. Napoleon was to defend these delegates and left the attackers fleeing with confusion. In 1796 the directory appointed Napoleon to lead a French army against the forces of Austria and the Kingdom of Sardonia. These events led to him rising to power when he became emperor of France

Like everyone Napoleon had flaws. He wrote a system of laws called the Napoleonic code. This code gave the country a uniform set of laws that eliminated many injustices and unfairness but it also limited liberties and rights people had. For example Freedom of speech were controlled so you could only say certain things. Also the new laws restored slavery which was abolished. He wanted to control Europe ,Britain, Spain and other countries. By trying to control Britain trading with others Napolean hurt France more than the other countries.

The major battle he lost was The Battle Of Trafalgar. The battle took place in 1805 off the southern coast of Spain. The army of Napolean was defeated and it brought two results. First, it assured that the British were the better navy for the next hundred years and forced Napolean to give up his plans to a invade britain another loss was in Russia in which Britain, Russia, Prussia, Sweden joined forces and defeated the army for good

Napolean conquered many countries of Europe such as Austria, Parts of Italy and set up a goverment and Switzerland. Napolean also regarded as one of the greatest generals of all time.

On March 1,1815 Napolean escaped from a place called Elba and landed in France. Thousands of people welcomed him and in a campaign to get soldiers he assembled a army and became emperor of France. The Britsh army and the Prussian army attacked Napoleans army and defeated them This defeat ended Napoleans reign of power and is knows as the hundreds days.

The waterloo battle was fought in Belgium and together the British and Prussian forces defeated Napoleans army. Napoleans ship came to St. Helena, in the South Atlantic, He lived there for six years , He died in 1821 of a stomach ailment, possibly cancer.