USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Military General Napoleon Bonaparte declared himself the emperor of France in 1804. His ambitions extended to more than just France-he saw himself as a moderniser of Europe.

Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleon’s elevation to emperor was overwhelmingly approved by the French citizens in the French constitutional referendum of 1804. Among Napoleon’s motivations for being crowned were to gain prestige in international royalist and Catholic circles and to lay the foundation for a future dynasty.

Detailed explanation-3: -On May 18, 1804, Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor, and made Josephine Empress. His coronation ceremony took place on December 2, 1804, in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris, with incredible splendor and at considerable expense.

Detailed explanation-4: -On 18 May, 1804, after much political horse trading, the French Senate proclaimed Bonaparte Emperor Napoleon I.

Detailed explanation-5: -The irony of Napoleon Bonaparte being crowned Napoleon I, Emperor of the French in 1804 is that it restored a form of strong monarchy in France just a little over a decade after the French Revolution brought the abolition of the old monarchy in 1792 and the execution of King Louis XVI in 1793.