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On 18 Fructidor (September 4) Napoleon organizes, from a distance, a coup d'étât in Paris on behalf of three of the Directors
Napoleon achieves the peace of Campo Formio, by which Austria cedes the Austrian Netherlands and northern Italy to France
By the Treaty of Campo Formio the free republic of Venice, created by Napoleon, is handed over to Austrian rule
Napoleon, with distinguished scientists in his fleet, sails to invade Egypt
Napoleon's campaign in Egypt begins well with the Battle of the Pyramids, a victory over an Egyptian army
Disaster strikes the French in Egypt when Nelson finds their fleet in Aboukir Bay and destroys it in the Battle of the Nile
Napoleon's soldiers discover a black basalt slab, the Rosetta Stone, near the village of Rashid in Egypt
Napoleon leads a costly, unsuccessful and plague-ridden expedition against the Turkish garrisons in Syria
Napoleon, in Syria, orders 3000 captured defenders of Jaffa to be killed by bayonet or drowning to save ammunition
In a famous moment of calculated courage Napoleon visits and touches the sick in a plague hospital in Jaffa
Napoleon abandons his army in Egypt and returns hastily to Paris at a time of great political opportunity
Napoleon contrives a military coup that ends the Directory and gives him sweeping powers as First Consul
Napoleon appoints a commission to prepare a code of civil law, which becomes known as the Code Napoléon
Napoleon takes a French army through the Alps before the snows have cleared, and defeats the Austrians at Marengo
Napoleon mends France's fences with Roman Catholicism by agreeing a Concordat with Pope Pius VII
Both France and Britain, engaged against each other in the Napoleonic Wars, take the first census of their populations
The treaty agreed at Amiens between France and Britain brings a welcome lull after ten years of warfare in Europe
Josephine's daughter, Hortense de Beauharnais, marries Napoleon's brother Louis Bonaparte
The Constitution of the Year XII (the twelfth year of the French Revolutionary Calendar) makes Napoleon First Consul for life
The peace of Amiens comes to an abrupt end when Britain declares war again on France
Napoleon assembles an invasion fleet against Britain, where Martello towers are hastily built in preparation
In the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson buys from Napoleon nearly a million square miles at a knock-down price, doubling the size of the USA
Napoleon sends an ill-judged message to royalist opponents when he orders the seizure and execution of the young duke of Enghien
Napoleon has himself proclaimed emperor of France by the Senate
Beethoven changes the dedication of his third symphony on hearing that his hero, Napoleon, has made himself an emperor
