With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.
— Napoleon Bonaparte-
Category Archives: Formative years
Storming of the Tuileries Palace
Around 10:00am on August 10, 1792 a mob of nearly 30,000 French citizens advanced toward the Tuileries Palace to capture King Louis XVI. Louis had been given information that told him an angry mob was headed for the palace, so … Continue reading
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Corsican Politics and Napoleon
Now a second lieutenant, Napoleon continued his education on his own, but he was distracted by Corsica. Until 1793 his thoughts, desires, and ambitions centered on the island of his birth. Following the death of his father, he received an … Continue reading
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Ecole Royale Militaire
Oct 17, 1784 – Oct 28, 1785 Napoleon was placed in the Ecole Militaire at Paris, the same school which still faces the Champ de Mars. He was fifteen years old at the time, a thin-faced, awkward, countrified boy, who … Continue reading
Birth of Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio on the Mediterranean island of Corsica on August 15, 1769. The family, formerly known as Buonaparte, were minor Italian nobility coming from Tuscan stock of Lombard origin set in Lunigiana. His father Carlo Buonaparte, … Continue reading
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Brienne-le-Château Military School
May 15, 1779 A combination of Carlo’s social climbing, Letizia’s suspected adultery with the Comte de Marbeuf – Corsica’s French military governor – and Napoleon’s own ability enabled him to enter the military academy at Brienne in 1779. This afforded … Continue reading
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