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Aboukir, Battle. Nelson defeats French fleet, 1798. Napoleon defeats Turks, 1799.
Alexander I. 1777-1825. Russian Czar, 1801-. Liberal reformer. Defeated Napoleon. Holy Alliance.
Amundsen, Roald. 1872-1928. Norwegian explorer, first to South Pole, 1911; NW Passage, 1906.
Antarctica. 1773 Cook explores seas. 1820 first sighted. Bransfield. 1821 first landing-Davis. 1911 Amundsen first to S Pole.
Arc de Triomphe. Paris monument. Commissioned 1806 by Napoleon. Completed 1836.
Aspern-Essling, Battle. 1809. First important loss for Napoleon.
Augereau, Pierre. 1757-1816. Marshal under the Napoleonic Empire.
Austerlitz, Battle. Moravia. Napoleon defeats Austrians and Russians, Dec 2, 1805. Peace with Austria.
Bassano. 1796. Victory of Napoleon over the Austrians.
Bautzen, Battle. 1813. Napoleon defeats Prussians.
Baylen, Battle. 1808. Spanish mob defeats French army, humiliating Napoleon.
Berlin Decree. 1806. Napoleon announces Continental System blockading Britain.
Bernanos, Georges. 1888-1948. French Catholic polemic writer against materialism. Diary of a Country Priest 1937.
Bonaparte, Jerôme. 1784-1860. King of Westphalia 1807-13. Marshal of France. Napoleon’s brother.
Bonaparte, Joseph. 1768-1844. King of Naples 1806-8. King of Spain 1808-13. Napoleon’s brother.
Bonaparte, Louis. 1778-1846. King of Holland 1806-10. Forced to abdicate after opposing Continental System. Napoleon’s brother.
Bonaparte, Napoleon. Napoleon I.
Borodino, Battle. 1812. Napoleon defeats Kutuzov on way to Moscow.
Brumaire, Coup of 18. Napoleon abolished Directory, est’d Consulate.
Bulow, Friedrich. 1755-1816. Prussian general against Napoleon.
Byrd, Richard. 1888-1957. US aviator, explorer. Flight over North Pole, 1926.
Cadoudal, Georges. 1771-1804. French Royalist leader. Plotted Napoleon’s assassination. Executed.
Campo Formio, Peace. 1797. Austria surrenders to Napoleon. Independent Venice abolished.
Castiglione. 1796. Napoleonic victory kept Austria out of Italy.
Chesterton, G.K. 1874-1936. English satirical essayist/novelist: Napoleon of Notting Hill 1904. “Socialism aims to take capital out of the hands of the few and put it into the hands of the fewer-the politicians.”