 |
 Lazare
Nicolas Marguérite Carnot
revolutionized the logistics and fighting tactics
of the French Revolutionary Army, and became
known as "the organizer of victory." As
Minister of War for Napoleon Bonaparte, he
effected reforms in every part of the military
administration. |
 Napoleon Bonaparte
crowned himself Emperor of the French and created
an empire that covered most of western and
central Europe. One of the greatest military
geniuses of his time, his armies crushed one foe
after another until he seemed invincible. |
 Napoleon
Crowns Himself Emperor On May 18,
1804, the senators of France entrusted the
government of France to a hereditary Emperor. On
December 2, Napoleon Bonaparte assumed the
imperial throne in a ceremony in the Cathedral of
Notre-Dame. |
 The Napoleonic Wars
were a series of wars fought between France and a
number of European nations from 1799 to 1815 in which the Habsburgs and other
European dynasties combined in an effort to
overthrow the revolutionary government of France
and restore the rule of the French monarchy. |
 Josephine
de Beauharnais Bonaparte married
Napoleon Bonaparte in 1796. Despite infidelity on
both sides of the marriage, the union lasted
until 1810, when Napoleon divorced her on the
grounds that she was incapable of producing an
heir. |
