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CHRONOLOGY OF BONAPARTE'S LIFE.

AGE. DATE.

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EVENT.

1769. Aug. 15.-Napoleon Bonaparte born at Ajaccio, in Corsica. Fourth child of Charles Bonaparte and of Letitia, née Ramolino.

1. 1771. July 21.-Napoleon Bonaparte baptized in the Cathedral of

Ajaccio.

9. 1778. Dec. 15.-Napoleon embarks for France with his father, his brother Joseph, and his uncle Fesch.

9. 1779. Jan. 1.-Napoleon enters the College of Autun with Joseph.

9. 1779. April 25.-Napoleon enters the Royal Military School of Brienne-le-Château.

15. 1784. Oct. 23.-Napoleon enters the Royal Military School of

Paris.

15. 1785. Feb. 24.-Charles Bonaparte, father of Napoleon, dies from cancer in the stomach, aged thirty-eight years.

16. 1785. Sept. 1.-Napoleon appointed Lieutenant en second in the Compagnie d'Autume of Bombardiers of the 5th Brigade of the 1st Battalion of the (Artillery) Regiment de la Fère, then quartered at Valence.

16. 1785. Oct. 29.-Napoleon leaves the Military School of Paris.

16. 1785. Nov. 5 to Aug. 11, 1786.-Napoleon at Valence with his

regiment.

17. 1786. Aug. 15 to Sept. 20, 1786.-Napoleon at Lyons with regiment.

17. 1786. Oct. 17 to Feb. 1, 1787.-Napoleon at Douai with regiment. 17. 1787. Feb. 1 to Oct. 14, 1787.-Napoleon on leave to Corsica. 18. 1787. Oct. 15 to Dec. 24, 1787.-Napoleon quits Corsica, arrives in Paris, obtains fresh leave, and

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18. 1787. Dec. 25 to May 1788.-Napoleon proceeds to Corsica and returns early in May.

18-19. 1788. May to April 4, 1789.-Napoleon at Auxonne with regiment.

19. 1789. April 5 to April 30.-Napoleon at Seurre in command of a

detachment.

19-20. 1789. May 1 to Sept. 15, 1789.-Napoleon at Auxonne with regiment.

20-21. 1789. Sept. 16 to June 1, 1791.-Napoleon proceeds to Corsica; engages in revolutionary movements; returns on 13th February 1791, having overstayed leave from 15th October 1790; absence excused on account of contrary winds.

21-22. 1791. June 2 to Aug. 29, 1791.-Napoleon joins the 4th Regiment of Artillery at Valence as Lieutenant en premier.

22. 1791. Aug. 30.-Napoleon starts for Corsica on leave for three months; elected in April 1792 as second LieutenantColonel of 2d Battalion of Corsican Volunteers; engages in fresh revolutionary attempts; quits Corsica, 2d May 1792, for France, where he has been dismissed for absence without leave.

22. 1791. Dec. 12.-Marie Louise, daughter of Emperor Francis, born.

22. 1792. June 20.-Attack of mob on Tuileries; King wears cap of liberty; Napoleon looking on.

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1792. Aug. 10.-Sack of Tuileries; slaughter of Swiss Guard; King suspended from his functions.

23. 1792. Aug. 30.-Napoleon reinstated; explaining his absence as serving with volunteers, and is promoted as Captain of 4th Class, with ante-date of 6th February 1792.

23. 1792. Sept. 14 to June 11, 1793.-Napoleon in Corsica engaged in revolutionary attempts, till, having declared against Paoli, he and his family have to quit Corsica.

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while France declared a Republic, 21st September 1792; Louis XVI. guillotined 21st January 1793.

23. 1793. June 13 to July 14, 1793.-Napoleon with his company at

Nice.

23-24. 1793. July 14 to Oct. 9, 1793.-Napoleon with army of Carteaux in the south, acting against Marseilles and Toulon.

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24. 1793. Oct. 9 to Dec. 19.-Napoleon placed in command of part of artillery of army of Carteaux before Toulon; made Chef de Bataillon (Major), 19th October; Toulon taken, 19th December.

24. 1793. Dec. 22.-Napoleon nominated provisionally General of Brigade; approved later; receives commission, 16th February 1794.

24. 1793. Dec. 26 to April 1, 1794.-Napoleon appointed Inspector of the coast from the Rhone to the Var, and on inspection duty.

24. 1794. April 1 to Aug. 5, 1794.-Napoleon with army of Italy under Dumerbion; preparing plans, etc., with the younger Robespierre, etc.; at Genoa 15th-21st July.

24-25. 1794. Aug. 6 to Aug. 20, 1794.-Napoleon in arrest after fall of Robespierre on suspicion of treachery.

25. 1794. Sept. 14 to March 29, 1795.-Napoleon commanding artillery of an intended maritime expedition to Corsica.

25. 1795. March 27 to May 10.-Napoleon ordered from the south to join the army in La Vendée to command its artillery; arrives in Paris, 10th May.

25-26. 1795. June 13.-Napoleon ordered to join Hoche's army at Brest, to command a brigade of infantry; remains in Paris; 21st August, attached to Comité de Salut Public as one of four advisers; 15th September, struck off list of employed generals for disobedience of orders in not proceeding to the west.

26. 1795. Oct. 5, 13th Vendémiaire (Jour des Sections).-Napoleon defends the Convention from the revolt of the Sections,

and fires on the people, as second in command under Barras.

26. 1795. Oct. 16.-Napoleon appointed provisionally General of Di

vision.

26. 1795. Oct. 20.-Napoleon appointed General of Division and Commander of the Army of the Interior (i.e. of Paris).

26. 1796.

March 2.-Napoleon appointed Commander-in-Chief of the
Army of Italy; 9th March, marries Josephine Tascher
de la Pagerie, Vicomtesse de Beauharnais, widow of
General Vicomte Alexandre de Beauharnais, and leaves
Paris for Italy on 11th March.

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26. 1796.-First Italian campaign of Napoleon against Austrians under Beaulieu, and Sardinians under Colli. Battle of Montenotte, 12th April; Millesimo, 13th April; Dego, 14th and 15th April; Mondovi, 21st April; Armistice of Cherasco with Sardinians, 28th April; Battle of Lodi, 9th May; Austrians beaten out of Lombardy and Mantua besieged.

26. 1796. July and Aug.-First attempt of Austrians to relieve Mantua; battle of Lonato, 31st July; Lonato and Castiglione, 3d August; and, again, Castiglione, 5th and 6th August; Wurmser beaten off, and Mantua again invested.

27. 1796. Sept.-Second attempt of Austrians to relieve Mantua; battles of Calliano, 4th September; Primolano, 7th September; Bassano, 8th September; St. Georges, 15th September; Wurmser driven into Mantua and invested there. Meanwhile Jourdan has been forced back across the Rhine by the Archduke Charles on 21st September; Moreau, after two celebrated retreats, recrosses the Rhine, 25th October.

27. 1796. Nov.-Third attempt of Austrians to relieve Mantua; battles of Caldiero, 11th November, and Arcola, 15th, 16th, and 17th November; Alvinzi driven off.

27. 1797.

27. 1797. 27. 1797.

Jan.-Fourth attempt to relieve Mantua; battles of Rivoli, 14th January, and Favorita, 16th January; Alvinzi again driven off.

Feb. 2.-Wurmser surrenders Mantua with 18,000 men.
March 10.-Napoleon commences his advance on the Arch-
duke Charles; beats him at the Tagliamento, 16th
March;
7th April, armistice of Judenbourg; 18th
April, Provisional Treaty of Leoben with Austria, who
cedes the Netherlands, and is to get the Venetian ter-
ritory on the mainland; Hoche advances, crosses the
Rhine same day, and Moreau on 20th April, till stopped
by news of peace.

28. 1797. Sept. 4.-Coup d'état of 18th Fructidor; majority of Directors, supported by the Jacobins and by Napoleon,

put down Royalist movement and banish many deputies to Cayenne.

28. 1797. Oct, 17.-Treaty of Campo-Formio between France and Austria to replace that of Leoben; Venice partitioned, and itself now falls to Austria.

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