Napoléon Bonaparte

Here is a part of Napoléon Bonaparte's life,
I tried to focus on the military side of his life :

August 15, 1769 - Napoleon Bonaparte born in Ajaccio, Corsica.
May 17, 1779 - Napoleon begins study at the royal military academy.
October 28, 1785 - Graduates from Ecole Militaire with the rank of second lieutenant in the artillery.
July 14, 1789 - Paris mob storms the Bastille.

December 22, 1793 - For his courage at an internal French battle at Toulon, Napoleon receives the new rank of brigadier general.
August 9-20, 1794 - Napoleon is imprisoned under suspicion of being a Jacobin and a supporter of Robespierre.
June 13, 1795 - Napoleon is promoted to General of the Army of the West.
March 2, 1796 - Napoleon is given command of the French army in Italy.

May 1796 - August 1799 - Napoleon wins a few battles in Europe and Egypt.
November 9-10, 1799 - Following a coup d'etat, Napoleon becomes First Consul of the new French government.
August 4, 1802 - New constitution adopted, making Napoleon First Consul for life.
May 18, 1804 - Senate proclaims Napoleon Emperor.

December 2, 1804 - Napoleon crowns himself Emperor in Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris.
June 14, 1807 - Defeats the Russians at the Battle of Friedland.
June 24, 1812 - Russian Campaign begins.
September 14, 1812 - Grand Army enters Moscow to find the city abandoned and set aflame by the inhabitants; retreating in the midst of a frigid winter, the army suffers devastating losses.

April 2, 1814 - Senate proclaims end of the Empire; Napoleon's wife and son flee Paris.
April 4, 1814 - Napoleon abdicates his rule and Louis XVIII, a Bourbon, is restored to the French throne.
October 16, 1815 - Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena.
March 5, 1821 - Napoleon dies.

"I saw the crown of France laying on the ground, so I picked it up with my sword."

-- Napoléon Bonaparte