Napoleon and His Times
Jimmy Herndon
Revolutionary Europe
April 23, 2000
Napoleon and His Times
Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio on the island of Corsica. This was only a few months after France had annexed the island. Napoleon grew up in a unique situation, he a citizen of a conquered nation. This may have played a role in his fierce will to always win at whatever he set his mind to. He had seven brothers and sisters, and …
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…d and Napoleon was quickly defeated, and he was again abdicated. Defeated and embarrassed again he was sent to live on the Island of St. Helena, where he died in May 1821. It would take almost 20 years before his body was returned to France to be buried as he had wished. He was buried in Les Invalids in France. The man passed on, but left many lasting accomplishments as well as left the world in awe.
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