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COMMANDER // 1769–1821

Napoleon Bonaparte

brigadier generalFranceFrance54 battles11 wars

Lifespan

1769 – 1821

177017801790180018101820Italian Campaign of 1796-1797 · 1796-1797War of the First Coalition · 1792-1797French Revolutionary Wars · 1792-1802Napoleonic Wars · 1803-1815War of the Second Coalition · 1798-1802War of the Third Coalition · 1805-1806War of the Fourth Coalition · 1806-1807Peninsular War · 1808-1814War of the Fifth Coalition · 1809French invasion of Russia · 1812War of the Sixth Coalition · 1813-1814Fall of the Republic of Venice — January 1, 1790 · France · Italian Campaign of 1796-1797Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars — April 20, 1792 · French Republic · War of the First CoalitionFirst Battle of Dego — September 21, 1794 · French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Bassano — September 8, 1796 · First French Republic · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Borghetto — May 30, 1796 · France · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Caldiero — November 12, 1796 · First French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Castiglione — August 5, 1796 · France · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Fombio — May 7, 1796 · France · Italian Campaign of 1796-1797Battle of Lodi — May 10, 1796 · French Republic · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Lonato — August 3, 1796 · France · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Millesimo — April 13, 1796 · French Republic · War of the First CoalitionBattle of Mondovì — April 21, 1796 · French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Montenotte — April 12, 1796 · French Republic · Italian Campaign of 1796-1797Battle of Rovereto — September 4, 1796 · First French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of the Bridge of Arcole — November 15, 1796 · French Republic · Napoleonic WarsItalian Campaign of 1796-1797 — January 1, 1796 · France · French Revolutionary WarsSecond Battle of Bassano — November 6, 1796 · French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsSecond Battle of Dego — April 15, 1796 · French Republic · War of the First CoalitionBattle of La Favorite — January 16, 1797 · French Republic · Italian Campaign of 1796-1797Battle of Rivoli — January 14, 1797 · French Republic · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Tarvis — March 21, 1797 · France · French Revolutionary WarsBattle of Valvasone — March 16, 1797 · France · Italian Campaign of 1796-1797Siege of Mantua — February 2, 1797 · France · War of the First CoalitionBattle of the Pyramids — July 21, 1798 · French Republic · Napoleonic WarsMediterranean campaign of 1798 — June 1, 1798 · France · War of the Second CoalitionBattle of Marengo — June 14, 1800 · French Republic · Napoleonic WarsSecond Italian Campaign — January 1, 1800 · France · War of the Second CoalitionBattle of Austerlitz — December 2, 1805 · French Empire · War of the Third CoalitionBattle of Ulm — October 20, 1805 · France · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Czarnowo — December 23, 1806 · French Empire · War of the Fourth CoalitionBattle of Jena–Auerstedt — October 14, 1806 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Allenstein — February 3, 1807 · French Empire · War of the Fourth CoalitionBattle of Eylau — February 7, 1807 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Friedland — June 14, 1807 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Heilsberg — June 10, 1807 · French Empire · War of the Fourth CoalitionBattle of Somosierra — November 30, 1808 · France · Peninsular WarBattle of Abensberg — April 20, 1809 · First French Empire · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Aspern-Essling — May 21, 1809 · France · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Eckmühl — April 22, 1809 · France · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Landshut — April 21, 1809 · France · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Ratisbon — April 23, 1809 · French Empire · Napoleonic WarsBattle of Teugen-Hausen — April 19, 1809 · French Empire · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Wagram — July 5, 1809 · France · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Znaim — July 10, 1809 · French Empire · War of the Fifth CoalitionBattle of Berezina — November 26, 1812 · French Empire · French invasion of RussiaBattle of Borodino — September 7, 1812 · France · French invasion of RussiaBattle of Krasnoi — November 15, 1812 · France · French invasion of RussiaBattle of Maloyaroslavets — October 24, 1812 · French Empire · French invasion of RussiaBattle of Smolensk — January 1, 1812 · French Empire · French invasion of RussiaBattle of Vitebsk — July 26, 1812 · French Empire · French invasion of RussiaBattle of Bautzen — May 20, 1813 · France · War of the Sixth CoalitionBattle of Arcis-sur-Aube — March 20, 1814 · France · War of the Sixth CoalitionBattle of La Rothière — February 1, 1814 · France · War of the Sixth CoalitionBattle of Saint-Dizier — March 26, 1814 · France · War of the Sixth Coalition

Active service 1790–1814 — 54 battles across 11 wars; first command at age 21.

Profile

Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was Emperor of the French from 18 May 1804 until his first abdication in 1814, with a brief restoration during the Hundred Days in 1815. He rose to prominence as a general during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe and the Middle East during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. As a statesman, he implemented numerous legal and administrative reforms in France and Europe.

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