1. Napoleon I sided with royalty during the French Revolution.

2. Napoleon was made second lieutenant of artillery in his regiment when he was only 16 years old.

3. Napoleon gained territory for the French with the Treaty of Campo Formio.

4. Napoleon thwarted a plot to overthrow the Directory, the government during the French Revolution, in 1799.

5. After the Directory was overthrown, Napoleon became the first consul of France.

6. The Napoleonic Code, which streamlined the French legal system, was Napoleon’s greatest political achievement.

7. In 1809 Napoleon held France’s first free election in order to choose his successor.

8. Napoleon strengthened the French navy until they were able to defeat the British fleet under Horatio Nelson.

9. After Paris was taken by the allied coalition in 1814, Napoleon was forced to abdicate.

10. In 1815 Napoleon escaped from exile in Elba and reclaimed the throne with the Hundred Days campaign.