# Napoleon

## The offices he actually held

Napoleon is a general who became First Consul and then emperor. Britannica at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I, Code at https://www.britannica.com/topic/Napoleonic-Code, Concordat at https://www.britannica.com/event/Concordat-of-1801, Austerlitz at https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Austerlitz, Russian campaign at https://www.britannica.com/event/Napoleonic-Wars/The-Russian-campaign, Waterloo at https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Waterloo, and Fondation Napoléon at https://www.napoleon.org/en/ are the public file.

The first fact about his power is Brumaire. The second is a code. The third is 1802 slavery.

## What went wrong

Brumaire, Enghien, slavery restoration, Saint-Domingue, Spain, 1812, Continental System, press police, décret infâme. Unique 1812 integers stay estimates.

## What improved

Civil Code access, Concordat, lycées, Bank, cadastre, consistories, Institut d'Égypte, Légion. Family-code hierarchy and 1808 restrictions are split costs.

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## Dated facts

- Waterloo on 18 June 1815 ends the Hundred Days as a dated last field. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-waterloo-1815. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Waterloo, https://www.napoleon.org/en/.
- The 1812 Russian campaign destroys the Grande Armée as a dated freeze-and-fire disaster. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-russia-1812. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/event/Napoleonic-Wars/The-Russian-campaign, https://www.napoleon.org/en/.
- The 1808 Spanish intervention and Dos de Mayo open a dated occupation-and-guerrilla war. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-spain-1808. Sources: https://www.napoleon.org/en/, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I.
- The 1808 décret infâme restricts Jewish commerce and residence as a dated discriminatory statute. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-decret-infame. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I, https://www.cambridge.org/core/.
- The 1808 consistory organisation of French Jews is a dated civic-incorporation instrument. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-jewish-consistory. Sources: https://www.napoleon.org/en/, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I.
- The Université impériale of 1808 centralises public instruction as a dated school state. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-university-1808. Sources: https://www.napoleon.org/en/, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I.
- 1807: The cadastre is pushed as a dated land-and-tax map under the Empire. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-cadastre. Sources: https://www.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/en/, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I.
- The Berlin Decree of 1806 opens the Continental System as a dated blockade-and-extraction instrument. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-continental-1806. Sources: https://www.napoleon.org/en/, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I.
- Austerlitz on 2 December 1805 is a dated coalition-killing that locks the German settlement. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-austerlitz-1805. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Austerlitz, https://www.napoleon.org/en/.
- Napoleon is crowned emperor on 2 December 1804 as a dated end of republican heading. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-emperor-1804. Sources: https://www.napoleon.org/en/, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I.
- 1804: Civil Code family headings concentrate husband-father power as a dated gender hierarchy. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-code-family. Sources: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Napoleonic-Code, https://www.cambridge.org/core/.
- The duc d'Enghien is seized and shot in 1804 as a dated extra-judicial killing. https://factrail.ai/facts/nap-enghien-1804. Sources: https://www.napoleon.org/en/, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I.

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/people/napoleon