Napoleon overview

Question 1

When and where was Napoleon born?

Answer 1

15th August 1769
Ajaccio on the Island of Corsica

Question 2

Corsica became part of France when?

Answer 2

1768

Question 3

Corsica belonged to who before 1768?

Answer 3

Genoa

Question 4

What part of society were the Bonapartes?

Answer 4

minor nobility

Question 5

When did Napoleon gain entrance to the École militaire?

Answer 5

1784

Question 6

Why was Nap. able to gain entrance to the École militaire?

Answer 6

He was part of the French nobility

Question 7

What part of the army was Nap. commissioned into? When did this happen?
What rank was he when this happened?

Answer 7

the artillery
In 1785
He was an officer

Question 8

Siege of Toulon when?

Answer 8

1793

Question 9

What did Nap. command at the siege of Toulon?

Answer 9

the artillery

Question 10

Why siege of Toulon?

Answer 10

British and Spanish had established a foothold in France

Question 11

What did Napoleon ask for in 1795?

Answer 11

Control of the French army

Question 12

Was Napoleon granted control of the French army in 1795?

Answer 12

Yes

Question 13

What did Napoleon do when he was granted control of the French army in 1795?

Answer 13

He defeated a royalist uprising

Question 14

What did Napoleon negotiate in 1797?

Answer 14

the Peace of Campo Formio with Austria

Question 15

What was the Peace of Campo Formio?

Answer 15

An agreement with Austria granting French control of more territories in Northern Italy.

Question 16

When was Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign?

Answer 16

1798

Question 17

Who was Nap.’s Egyptian campaign against?

Answer 17

The Ottoman Empire

Question 18

What was Nap’s Egyptian campaign’s purpose?

Answer 18

To disrupt British trade routes

Question 19

What happened in the Coup de Brumaire?

Answer 19

Napoleon took power in France?

Question 20

When was the Coup de Brumaire?

Answer 20

1799

Question 21

What was the name of Nap.’s title post-Coup de Brumaire?

Answer 21

First Consul

Question 22

What was Napoleon titled in 1802?

Answer 22

Consul for life

Question 23

When was Nap. named Consul for life?

Answer 23

1802

Question 24

When was Nap. proclaimed Emperor of the French?

Answer 24

On Sunday 2nd of December, 1804

Question 25

Where was Nap. proclaimed Emperor of the French?

Answer 25

At the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

Question 26

What happened to Napoleon on Sunday 2nd December, 1804?

Answer 26

He was proclaimed Emperor of the French

Question 27

Which countries did Nap. defeat between 1805-08? What did this mean?

Answer 27

the Austrians, Russians and Prussians He directly conquered or controlled through alliance most of Western Europe.

Question 28

When did Nap. invade Russia?

Answer 28

June 1812

Question 29

Why did Nap. invade Russia?

Answer 29

In response to the Tsar breaking an agreement not to trade with Britain

Question 30

What did Nap. invade Russia with?

Answer 30

His Grande Armée of 650,000 men

Question 31

When did Napoleon gain a victory at Borodino?

Answer 31

September 1812

Question 32

What did the Russians do when Napoleon won at Borodino?

Answer 32

the Russians again retreated, leaving Napoleon and his army in a burnt out Moscow with little supplies.

Question 33

What did the Russians do on Nap.'s invasion?

Answer 33

The Russians retreated

Question 34

When did Napoleon retreat from Moscow?

Answer 34

December 1812

Question 35

Why did Napoleon retreat from Moscow?

Answer 35

A combination of the cold and Russian hit and run attacks resulting in massive casualties

Question 36

How many men did Napoleon lose during his Russian campaign?

Answer 36

380,000 men dead or missing and 100,000 captured

Question 37

When was the Treaty of Fontainebleau?

Answer 37

1814

Question 38

What happened at the Treaty of Fontainebleau?

Answer 38

Representatives from the Austrian Empire, Russia and Prussian states force Napoleon’s abdication as emperor and ruler of France

Question 39

Did Napoleon concede to actions at the Treaty of Fontainebleau?

Answer 39

Yes. He signed the agreement and was exiled to the Island of Elba

Question 40

When did Napoleon escape from Elba?

Answer 40

1815

Question 41

Where did Napoleon escape from in 1815?

Answer 41

The island of Elba

Question 42

What did Napoleon do once he escaped from the Island of Elba?

Answer 42

He raised an army, was defeated by Wellington at Waterloo, abdicated a second time and was exiled to St Helena

Question 43

What happened in 1821 for Nap.?

Answer 43

He died

Question 44

When did Nap. die?

Answer 44

1821

Question 45

What happened to Nap.'s remains in 1840?

Answer 45

His remains were dug-up and he was reburied at Les Invalides in Paris