MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Question
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France
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Corsica
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Austria
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Germany
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Detailed explanation-1: -Napoleone Buonaparte was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, on 15 August 1769. He was the second of eight children born to Carlo Buonaparte, a lawyer descended from Tuscan nobility, and his young wife Maria-Letizia Ramolino .
Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleon came back to his native Corsica on 15th of September 1786(57). He returned again on 1st of January 1788 and stayed until the 1st of June the same year, when he left for Paris. He came back to Corsica once again in September 1789(58).
Detailed explanation-3: -Napoleon was born on the island of Corsica, not long after its annexation by France, to a native family descending from minor Italian nobility.
Detailed explanation-4: -Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution (1789-1799).
Detailed explanation-5: -He died in London on 5 February 1807 and was buried in St Pancras cemetery. His remains were brought from England to Corsica on 3 September 1889 to rest in a chapel created on the ground floor of the house where he was born in Morosaglia.