1、 Napoleon Bonaparte 1.A Brief Introduction to Napoleon Bonaparte2.Napoleons Chronology3.The Battle of Waterloo4.Napoleons Campaign1A Brief Introduction to Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon Bonaparte(17691821)Emperor of the French,who consolidated and institutionalized many reforms of the French Revolution.
2、One of the greatest military commanders of all time,he conquered the larger part of Europe.During 1802-1815 Napoleon tried to gain control of the whole of Europe.He had great success against all his enemies except Britain,whose navy under Nelson defeated the French navy at the Battle of Trafalgar in
3、 1805,and whose army fought the Peninsular War against him from 1808 to 1814,making him weaker in his other campaigns.II2In 1812 Napoleon lost half a million men when he invaded Russia in winter,and in 1814 the British,Russians,Prussians and Austrians entered Paris.They sent Napoleon to rule the isl
4、and of Elba in the Mediterranean,but he collected an army around him and returned to Paris.He was soon defeated again,at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815,and was sent to the island of St.Helena in the south Atlantic,where he died in 1821.3French Revolution4 Nelson 5The Battle of Trafalgar6The Peninsul
5、ar War7The Battle of Waterloo8The Island of St.Helena9Napoleons Chronology DateEventAugust 15,1769 Born in Ajaccio,Corsia.April 1796 Italian campaign began.May 1798 Bonapartes Egyptian campaign began-War of the Second Coalition.MayJune 1800 Bonapartes second Italian campaign.May 1804 Referendum proc
6、laimed Bonaparte as hereditary Emperor.10DateEventDecember 2,1804 The pope was brought to Paris for his coronation in Notre Dame.June 1812 Invasion of Russia.September 7,1812 Battle of Borodino.October 1812 Retreat from Moscow began.January 1814 Allies crossed the Rhine.Napoleons Chronology 11DateEv
7、entMarch 31,1814 Paris fell.April 6,1814 Napoleon abdicated.March 20,1815 Napoleon escaped from Elba and returned to Paris.June 18,1815 Battle of Waterloo.May 5,1821 Napoleon died on Saint Helena.Napoleons Chronology 12Napoleons Chronology DateEventAugust 15,1769 Born in Ajaccio,Corsia.April 1796 It
8、alian campaign began.May 1798 Bonapartes Egyptian campaign began War of the Second Coalition.MayJune 1800 Bonapartes second Italian campaign.May 1804 Referendum proclaimed Bonaparte as hereditary Emperor.13DateEventDecember 2,1804 The pope was brought to Paris for his coronation in Notre Dame.June 1
9、812 Invasion of Russia.September 7,1812 Battle of Borodino.October 1812 Retreat from Moscow began.January 1814 Allies crossed the Rhine.Napoleons Chronology 14DateEventDecember 2,1804 The pope was brought to Paris for his coronation in Notre Dame.June 1812 Invasion of Russia.September 7,1812 Battle
10、of Borodino.October 1812 Retreat from Moscow began.January 1814 Allies crossed the Rhine.Napoleons Chronology 15DateEventMarch 31,1814 Paris fell.April 6,1814 Napoleon abdicated.March 20,1815 Napoleon escaped from Elba and returned to Paris.June 18,1815 Battle of Waterloo.May 5,1821 Napoleon died on
11、 Saint Helena.Napoleons Chronology 16DateEventMarch 31,1814 Paris fell.April 6,1814 Napoleon abdicated.March 20,1815 Napoleon escaped from Elba and returned to Paris.June 18,1815 Battle of Waterloo.May 5,1821 Napoleon died on Saint Helena.Napoleons Chronology 17DateEventMarch 31,1814 Paris fell.Apri
12、l 6,1814 Napoleon abdicated.March 20,1815 Napoleon escaped from Elba and returned to Paris.June 18,1815 Battle of Waterloo.May 5,1821 Napoleon died on Saint Helena.Napoleons Chronology 18The Battle of WaterlooThe Battle of Waterloo is the final and decisive action of the Napoleonic Wars,which effect
13、ively ended French domination of the European continent and brought about drastic changes in the political boundaries and the power balance of Europe.Fought on June 18,1815,near Waterloo,in what is now Belgium,the battle ranks as a great turning point in modern history.II19IIThe Battle of Waterloo20
14、 Napoleons CampaignWhile allies in name,France and Russia were never real friends.Russias economy was being hurt by Napoleon Bonapartes Continental System that banned trade with Britain and internal pressures forced Tsar Alexander to turn a blind eye to those who broke it.Bonaparte decided to bring
15、the Russians back into line and gathered a Grand Army of more than 500,000 men-including contingents from all Frances allies-to frighten them.Bonaparte left the army on 5 December to return to Paris where a coup had been foiled and to raise another army.His troops dragged themselves on and on 7 December finally crossed the Niemen out of Russian territory.They had survived,but only 20,000 of them.II21 Napoleons CampaignII22
