Napoleon, Napoleon I. Napoleon Bonaparte (or Buonaparte), Born at Ajaccio, Corsica, Aug. 15, 1766, or, according to some, at Corte, Jan. 7, 1768; died at Longwood, St. Helena, May 5, 1821.  Emperor of the French 1804-14.
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 ablishment of the Legion of Honor (May 19, 1802): preparation had been previously made for the codification of the laws.

  of states.  He had surrounded the imperial throne with subordinate thrones occupied by members of his own family.  His stepson Eugène de Beauharnais was viceroy of the kingdom of Italy in northern and central Italy; his brother Joseph was king of Naples in southern Italy; his brother Louis was king of Holland; his brother Jerome was king of Westphalia; his brother-in-law Murat was grandduke of Berg.  The Confederation of the Rhine existed by virtue of his protection, and his troops occupied dismembered Prussia.  He directed the policy of Europe.

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 March 1; and entered Paris March 20, the troops sent against him, including Ney with his corps, having joined his standard.  At the return of Napoleon, the Allies again took the field.  He was finally overthrown at Waterloo June 18, 1815, and the Allies entered Paris a second time July 7.  After futile attempts to escape to America, he surrendered himself to the British admiral Hotham at Rochefort July 16.  By a unanimous resolve of the Allies he was transported as prisoner of war to St. Helena, where he arrived on Oct. 16, 1815, and where he was detained the rest of his life.
 Note: The spelling Buonaparte was used by Napoleon's father, and by Napoleon himself down to 1796, although the spelling Bonaparte occurs in early Italian documents.
   Aug. 15, 1769, is the commonly accepted date of Napoleon's birth, and Jan. 7, 1768 that of the birth of his brother Joseph.  It has been said, but without good reason, that these dates were interchanged at the time of Napoleon's admission to the military school of Brienne in 1779, no candidate being eligible after 10 years of age.

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 Napoleon I
      n : French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)
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