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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • Emperor of the French and King of Italy (1804–1814). A brilliant military strategist, he overthrew the French Directory (1799) and proclaimed himself first consul and, later, emperor (1804). His military and political might gripped Continental Europe, but after a disastrous winter campaign in Russia (1812), he was forced to abdicate (1814). Having been exiled to the island of Elba, he escaped, briefly regained power, and was ultimately defeated at Waterloo (1815) and exiled for life to the island of St. Helena. His codification of laws, the Napoleonic Code, still forms the basis of French civil law.

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  • noun French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)

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  • In 1802, by special request of Napoleon I, he went to Paris and modelled a colossal figure of the emperor, holding a Victory in his hand (Apsley House, London).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • Commune at the French Revolution, but it was restored by Napoleon I, who gave the sisters a monastery at Chartres, which originally belonged to the Jacobins, from which they became known as "Les Soeurs de St. Jacques".

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

  • In Italy, the Jewish disabilities, revived on the fall of Napoleon I, and the application of which occasioned in

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • France in the reigns of Louis XIV and Napoleon I, when ecclesiastics, nominated to episcopal sees but whose elections were never confirmed by the pope, ruled the dioceses into which they were thus intruded.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • Napoleon I, when he became emperor (18 May, 1804) towards Pius VII was most offensive to the papacy; but even during those years when

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • About nine leagues east of this place is the celebrated Crēte á Piérrot, the place where the negro insurgents under the leadership of their celebrated General, Toussaint L'Overture, signally defeated the French under General LeClerc, broth-in-low to Napoleon I, who sent him to reduce the negroes again to slavery.

    The Autobiography of Nicholas Said; a Native of Bornou, Eastern Soudan, Central Africa 1873

  • In spite of the statements of Napoleon I, his assumption that victory is always on the side of the strongest battalions was costly.

    Battle Studies Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq 1845

  • His regalia, lavish coronation ceremony and regime were largely inspired by Napoleon I, who had converted the French Revolutionary Republic of which he was First Consul into the First French Empire.

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  • More than 420 objects connected to Napoleon I, his family and to Napoleon III are to be sold.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Louis XIV and Napoleon I, Wilhelm II and Hitler were the most peace-loving of all men.

    Capitalism Magazine (CapMag.com) 2008

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