Napoleon's rule of France
1799–1815 · Event
First Consul then Emperor, from the coup of Brumaire to his first abdication in April 1814; after exile on Elba he returns for the Hundred Days in 1815 and abdicates again after Waterloo.
On these timelines: France, Master, Napoleonic Wars
More from France
- French Revolution (1789)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Reign of Louis XIV (the Sun King) (1643)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Baptism of Clovis (496)
- Frankish kingdom of Clovis I (481)
Around 1799
- Opium Wars (1839)
- Latin American wars of independence (1808)
- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- Haitian Revolution (1791)
- Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Choral) (1824)
- Great Famine of Ireland (1845)
- Seven Years' War (1756)
- Presidency of George Washington (1789)
- Industrial Revolution (1760)
- Greek War of Independence (1821)