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Napoleon Bonaparte 1769 - 1821
Napoleon
Bonaparte

(1769-1821)

1800 bracket   Napoleon Bonaparte conquers Italy, firmly establishes himself as First Consul in France. In the U.S., federal government moves to Washington, D.C. Robert Owen's social reforms in England. William Herschel discovers infrared rays. Alessandro Volta produces electricity.

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1801 bracket   Austria makes temporary peace with France. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland established with one monarch and one parliament; Catholics excluded from voting.

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Agreement bearing Napoleon's signature
Agreement bearing Napoleon's signature.

1803 bracket   U.S. negotiates Louisiana Purchase from France: for $15 million, U.S. doubles its domain, increasing its territory by 827,000 sq. mi. (2,144,500 sq km), from Mississippi River to Rockies and from Gulf of Mexico to British North America.

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Alexander Hamilton 1755 - 1804
Alexander Hamilton
(1755?-1804)

1804 bracket   Haiti declares independence from France; first black nation to gain freedom from European colonial rule. Napoleon transforms the Consulate of France into an empire, proclaims himself emperor of France, systemizes French law under Code Napoleon. In the U.S., Alexander Hamilton is mortally wounded in duel with Aaron Burr. Lewis and Clark expedition begins exploration of what is now northwest U.S.

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1805 bracket   Lord Nelson defeats the French-Spanish fleets in the Battle of Trafalgar. Napoleon victorious over Austrian and Russian forces at the Battle of Austerlitz.

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1807 bracket   Robert Fulton makes first successful steamboat trip on Clermont between New York City and Albany.

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Ludwig van Beethoven 1770 -1827
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827)

1808 bracket   French armies occupy Rome and Spain, extending Napoleon's empire. Britain begins aiding Spanish guerrillas against Napoleon in Peninsular War. In the U.S., Congress bars importation of slaves. Ludwig vanBeethoven's Fifth and Sixth Symphonies performed.

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1810 bracket   Grito de Delores Father Hidalgo calls for independence from Spain.

1812 bracket   Napoleon's Grand Army invades Russia in June. Forced to retreat in winter, most of Napoleon's 600,000 men are lost. In the U.S., war with Britain declared over freedom of the seas for U.S. vessels (War of 1812).

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Louis the eighteenth 1755 - 1824
Louis XVIII
(1755-1824)

1814 bracket   French defeated by allies (Britain, Austria, Russia, Prussia, Sweden, and Portugal) in War of Liberation. Napoleon exiled to Elba, off Italian coast. Bourbon king Louis XVIII takes French throne.

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Napoleon at Waterloo
Napoleon
at Waterloo

1815 bracket   Napoleon returns: “Hundred Days” begin. Napoleon defeated by Wellington at Waterloo, banished again to St. Helena in South Atlantic. Congress of Vienna: victorious allies change the map of Europe. War of 1812 ends with Treaty of Ghent.

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Simon Bolivar 1783 - 1830
Simón Bolívar
(1783-1830)

1819 bracket   Simón Bolívar liberates New Granada (now Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador) as Spain loses hold on South American countries; named president of Colombia.

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1820 bracket   Missouri Compromise—Missouri admitted as slave state but slavery barred in rest of Louisiana Purchase north of 36°30' N.

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1821 bracket   Mexico gains independence from Spain.


The content contained within this timeline is aligned with the National Center for History in the Schools: World History Standards for Grades 7-12 and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Social Studies Grade 8.

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