THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
NAPOLEONIC WARS
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1776
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1799
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1804
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1789
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Detailed explanation-1: -Military General Napoleon Bonaparte declared himself the emperor of France in 1804.
Detailed explanation-2: -On 18 May, 1804, after much political horse trading, the French Senate proclaimed Bonaparte Emperor Napoleon I.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -He was the de facto leader of the French Republic as First Consul from 1799 to 1804, then Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814 and again in 1815. Napoleon’s political and cultural legacy endures to this day, as a highly celebrated and controversial leader.
Detailed explanation-5: -Napoleon I, also called Napoléon Bonaparte, was a French military general and statesman. Napoleon played a key role in the French Revolution (1789–99), served as first consul of France (1799–1804), and was the first emperor of France (1804–14/15).