Napoleone di Buonaparte was the name under which Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15 August 1769 on the island of Corsica.Just one year before Napoleon's birth, the island of Corsica was part of Italy.
When Napoleon was first exiled to the island of Elba, he was granted sovereignty of the place.
As a brilliant military commander, Napoleon often defeated military forces larger than his own in size.
Napoleon upheld many of the French Revolution's principles of equality, including equality before the law and freedom of religion.
Napoleon created satellite kingdoms in Holland, Italy, Germany, and Spain where he placed his brothers and other relatives as monarchic rulers.
In his enthronement as emperor, instead of waiting for the Pope to place the crown on his head, Napoleon stepped forward and placed it on himself.
Napoleon Bonaparte had an irrational fear of cats.
Napoleonic troops often complained of the lack of supplies in prolonged military campaigns, so Napoleon asked the inventors of his time for a way to preserve food longer. It was Francois Appert, who came up with the idea of canned food.
On the wedding night, the cries and gasps of both Napoleon and Josephine frightened Josephine's dog, which, believing that Napoleon was harming his mistress, lunged at him and bit him.
Napoleon's star sign was Leo.
Napoleon imposed the cultivation of beet in France to produce sugar, as it could not receive the product of sugar cane, after having blocked the Corsican to Great Britain.
During Napoleon's invasion of Egypt, his troops bombarded the Sphinx, from which his nose was mutilated.
In 1808, Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain proclaiming his brother Joseph as king of this country.
In 1812, Napoleon invaded Russia, but had to withdraw after losing four-fifths of his troops.
On June 8, 1815, his final defeat occurred at the Battle of Waterloo.
A few days after the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon was banished to the island of St. Helena, where he would die in 1821.
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