Early Years
- 1769
- August 15: Napoleon Bonaparte born in Ajaccio, Corsica
- 1785
- October 28: Graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in the artillery.
- November 3: Stationed in Valence
- 1793
- December 22: For his courage at an internal French battle at Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of brigadier general
- 1794
- August 9–20: Napoleon is imprisoned under suspicion of being a Jacobin and a supporter of Robespierre.
- 1795
- October: Royalist 13 Vendémiaire rising put down by Napoleon. Barras helps Napoleon win promotion to Commander of the Interior.
- October 15: At the home of Paul François Barras, a Directory member, Napoleon meets Rose de Beauharnais (Josephine)
- 2 November: Directory established
- 1796
- March 2: Napoleon is given command of the French army in Italy
- March 11: Italian campaign against Austria begins
- May 10: Napoleon wins the Battle of Lodi
- November 17: Napoleon wins the Battle of Arcole
- 1797
- January 14: Napoleon wins the Battle of Rivoli
- October 17: Treaty of Campo-Formio with Austria.
- December 5: Napoleon returns to Paris as a hero
- 1798
- May 19: Napoleon begins his Egyptian campaign with an army of 38,000
- July 21: Wins Battle of the Pyramids against Mamelukes in Egypt
- July 24: Fall of Cairo
- August 1: Under the command of Admiral Nelson, the British fleet destroys the French navy in the Battle of the Nile. Napoleon's army is cut off from supplies and communication.
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