Napoleon I
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- Died:
- May 5, 1821 (aged 51) Saint Helena
- Title / Office:
- emperor (1815-1815), France emperor (1804-1814), France
- Founder:
- Saint-Cyr
- Political Affiliation:
- Jacobin Club
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Napoleon I, French in full Napoléon Bonaparte, original Italian Napoleone Buonaparte, byname the Corsican or the Little Corporal, French byname Le Corse or Le Petit Caporal, (born August 15, 1769, Ajaccio, Corsica—died May 5, 1821, St. Helena Island), French general, first consul (1799–1804), and emperor of the French (1804–1814/15), one of the most celebrated personages in the history of the West. He revolutionized military organization and training; sponsored the Napoleonic Code, the prototype of later civil-law codes; reorganized education; and established the long-lived Concordat with the papacy. Napoleon’s many reforms left a lasting mark on the institutions of France and ...(100 of 9490 words)