Question

the rise of napoleon
as you already know, napoleon seized power in november 1799. but, who was he? and what had he done?
napoleon bonaparte was born on the island of corsica in 1769. he was the son of a noble. in 1784 napoleon won a scholarship to the élite military training college in paris. in 1785, at the age of 16, napoleon became second lieutenant in the artillery. napoleon became sympathetic to the revolution in 1789. in the battle of toulon in 1793, napoleon led a victorious attack on a royalist fort and was then promoted to brigadier general. napoleon gained more attention in 1795 when he put down a pro - royalist coup in paris. he was promoted to major general. in 1796, napoleon married josephine beauharnais. he was put in charge of the french army fighting the austrians in italy. between 1796 and 1797, napoleon re - organised the french army and inspired the dispirited soldiers. they went on to win several great victories over the austrians and italians. the austrians were forced to sign a ceasefire at leoben in 1797. between 1798 and 1799 napoleons plans to attack the british went badly wrong. his army was ravaged by plague and sickness, and nelsons british navy destroyed many of napoleons own ships. still, napoleon seized malta and had several victories in egypt during the expedition. napoleon returned to paris in august 1799, after hearing of the military crisis facing france and on november 11th 1799, napoleon seized control of france in the coup détat (or coup de brumaire). following the coup, a new constitution was introduced, and napoleon was made first consul of france. then, on december 2nd, 1804, in the presence of the pope, napoleon crowned himself emperor.
bonjour mon est ches amis, cest moi, napoleon! some keywords for you!
royalist - a supporter of the king
nelson - the british admiral who defeated me!
coup - a takeover of power
first consul - my title following the coup
emperor - i crowned myself in 1804
task!
complete a timeline of napoleons life using the information above

Explanation:

We extract key - events and their corresponding years from the text to create the timeline.

Answer:

1769: Born on the island of Corsica
1784: Won a scholarship to the elite military training college in Paris
1785: Became second lieutenant in the artillery at age 16
1789: Became sympathetic to the Revolution
1793: Led a victorious attack on a Royalist fort and was promoted to Brigadier General
1795: Put down a pro - royalist coup in Paris and was promoted to Major General
1796: Married Josephine Beauharnais, put in charge of the French army fighting the Austrians in Italy
1796 - 1797: Re - organised the French army and won several great victories over the Austrians and Italians, Austrians forced to sign a ceasefire at Leoben
1798 - 1799: Plans to attack the British went wrong, seized Malta and had victories in Egypt
1799 (August): Returned to Paris
1799 (November 11th): Seized control of France in the 'coup d'état' (Coup de Brumaire), made First Consul of France
1804 (December 2nd): Crowned himself Emperor in the presence of the Pope