NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

BY: MECA AURELIAN

ULIU ADRIAN
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
(FRENCH: NAPOLÉON
BONAPARTE; 15 AUGUST 1769,
AJACCIO, CORSICA - 5 MAY 1821,
SAINT HELENA), LATER KNOWN
AS NAPOLEON I AND INITIALLY
AS NAPOLEONE DI
BUONAPARTE, WAS A
POLITICAL LEADER AND
MILITARY OF FRANCE, WHOSE
ACTIONS STRONGLY
INFLUENCED EUROPEAN
POLITICS FROM THE
BEGINNING OF THE 19TH
CENTURY.
DIPLÔMÉ EN SEPTEMBRE 1785,
BONAPARTE EST NOMMÉ OFFICIER
AVEC LE GRADE DE SOUS-
LIEUTENANT AU RÉGIMENT
D'ARTILLERIE DE LA FÈRE. IL A
SERVI DANS LES GARNISONS DE
VALENCE ET D'AUXONNE
JUSQU'APRÈS LE DÉCLENCHEMENT
DE LA RÉVOLUTION FRANÇAISE EN
1789.
NAPOLEON SPENT THE EARLY YEARS OF
THE REVOLUTION IN CORSICA,
FIGHTING A COMPLEX BATTLE
BETWEEN ROYALISTS,
REVOLUTIONARIES AND CORSICAN
NATIONALISTS. HE EARNED THE RANK
OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND
COMMAND OF A VOLUNTEER
BATTALION. AFTER OVERSTAYING HIS
LEAVE AND LEADING A REVOLT AGAINST
AN ENGLISH ARMY IN CORSICA, HE
NEVERTHELESS MANAGED TO
PERSUADE THE MILITARY AUTHORITIES
IN PARIS TO PROMOTE HIM TO THE
RANK OF CAPTAIN IN JULY 1792. HE
RETURNED TO CORSICA AGAIN AND
CAME INTO CONFLICT WITH PAOLI, WHO
HAD DECIDED TO BREAK AWAY FROM
WITH POWER CONSOLIDATED BY THE
ACHIEVEMENTS OF HIS RULE, NAPOLEON
WAS PROCLAIMED EMPEROR BY THE
FRENCH SENATE IN 1804 THROUGH A
SENATUS-CONSULTUS.
CROWNED IN NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL
IN PARIS, IN THE PRESENCE OF POPE
PIUS VII, HE SAID THE WORDS: "EMPIRE
MEANS PEACE." BUT HIS RULE LED TO A
LONG SERIES OF WARS WITH ENGLAND
AND ABSOLUTIST MONARCHIES (RUSSIA,
AUSTRIA, PRUSSIA) CAUSED BY, AMONG
OTHER THINGS: THE RIVALRY BETWEEN
THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH BOURGEOISIE
FOR ECONOMIC SUPREMACY.
CONTROVERSIES OVER THE
DEATH OF EMPEROR NAPOLEON
DO NOT END... SPECIALISTS IN
THE FIELD OF FORENSIC
MEDICINE, HISTORIANS OF
NAPOLEON'S LIFE AND DEATH
HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES
SINCE 1961 TO RESEARCHING
THE CAUSE OF DEATH OF THIS
FRENCH STATESMAN. SOME SAY
THE DEATH WAS DUE TO
MEDICAL ERROR, STOMACH
CANCER AND EVENTUALLY
ARSENIC POISONING.