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•Napoleon Bonaparte•

     Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769, to Carlo and Letizia Buonaparte at Ajaccio, Corsica.  Napoleon’s family was Italian, but he later dropped the “u” in his name to make it appear more French.  Napoleon was the second of eight children that reached adulthood.  As a child, Napoleon was small and puny.  His oversized head often threw him off balance and he had a terrible temper.

     At the age of 10, Napoleon was accepted at the military academy of Brienne, in northern France.  All the students at this school belonged to aristocratic families, and Napoleon was the son of a petty noble in Corsica.  He tried very hard to learn the French language, but never learned to spell.  His handwriting was so atrocious that he himself could not read it.  Since he had no friends he worked very hard studying and was accepted at the Ecole Militaire in Paris.

     It was at the Ecole Militaire that Napoleon really came up against snobbery.  His fellow students mocked his Corsican accent and his unfashionable clothes.  Napoleon read all the time and was outstanding in history, mathematics, and science.  He was planning on joining the navy.  But in 1785, examinations for the navy were canceled.  Since Napoleon was about to graduate, he decided to join the artillery.  At age 16 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant, ranking 42nd out of 58 students.

     After completing school, Napoleon was sent to a regiment in Valence.  He stayed for  six months then took a leave of absence to help his family.  After 22 months he returned, and impressed the commanding officers with his brilliant, detailed plans.  It was during this time that the French Revolution was starting.  Napoleon was overjoyed to hear of the abolition of laws that kept petty nobles confined to the ranks.  This meant he could rise as high as he wanted in the French army.



     Napoleon took another series of leaves and joined the Corsican revolutionary movement.  He did not return to the French army in time and was charged with desertion.  Napoleon pleaded his case with the minister of war and was let off without punishment and made a captain.   Once again he returned to Corsica and fought with the Corsicans again.  When Corsica plunged into civil war in April 1793 Napoleon went to France with his family.  During his seven and a half years in the French service he had only been on duty for 30 months.

     When the king was beheaded in January 1793, his followers were horrified.  In To...

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