USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nearly all of Europe fell under Napoleon’s control, and certainly all of it was forever changed by being ruled by him or fighting against him. Napoleon came closer than anyone else in modern history to conquering Europe. The war he provoked can be thought of as an early kind of “world war".

Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleon took over the French “Army of Italy, ” drove the Austrians and Sardinians out of Piedmont, defeated the Papal States, and occupied Venice.

Detailed explanation-3: -Napoleonic France directly annexed territories in the Low Countries and western Germany, applying revolutionary legislation in full. Satellite kingdoms were set up in other parts of Germany and Italy, in Spain, and in Poland. Only after 1810 did Napoleon clearly overreach himself.

Detailed explanation-4: -Why mark it? Napoleon is best known for his military prowess, he fought over 70 battles and was only defeated in eight, making France the greatest military power in Europe during his reign. The ruler also famously created the Napoleonic Code, which remains the basis of French civil law today.