Auxonne: The military birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte
In a man's life, the years of youth, and intellectual and professional training count a lot. For Bonaparte, a young Corsican who arrived...
Schulmeister: Napoleon's spy
Of the men who surrounded the Emperor, each remembers an image such as that of Talleyrand associated with the silk stocking, of Fouché or...
General Cervoni: The other Corsican officer who won the siege of Toulon
“My death will be the shame of my life if I do not die the death of the brave. » Jean-Baptiste Cervoni (1765-1809), general baron of the...
Napoleon: War feeds War
“You must have the principle that war must feed war,” Napoleon recommended to Marshal Soult during his appointment, on July 14, 1810,...
A public spirit under the Consulate in the “United Departments”
The United Departments were created in 1795 following the annexation of the Austrian Netherlands and the principality of Liège. The...
The Fabulous Destiny of Albert Dieudonné: “Napoleon” by Abel Gance
Nearly a thousand films have been recorded based on the First Empire (1), an absolute record in the world, with three hundred actors...
Minor spiritualist currents under the First Empire
Besides the Churches and Freemasonry, there are a host of mystical and esoteric circles. Very discreet, little known, with limited...
The 37th Line Infantry regiment of Napoleon
Formed on February 8, 1796, from the 111th and 173rd battle demi-brigades, the 37th line demi-brigade received three model 1794 flags...
Reunion Island and Napoleon
On Floréal 30 of the year x (May 20, 1802), Bonaparte decided with serious consequences. By re-establishing slavery in the Antilles in...
Bonaparte became President of the Italian Republic in Lyon
Napoleon passed through Lyon some twenty-five times over thirty-six years. If certain movements remain completely minor, or even without...
How Stendhal became a second lieutenant
Stendhal's youth was lulled by the sound of trumpets and the sound of horse hooves ringing on the cobblestones of Grenoble's Place...
Nicolas-Auguste Tournal, a spy of Napoleon, a prisoner in Russia from 1815 to 1825
After 1812, thousands of soldiers of the Grande Armée were taken prisoner by the Russians. Whether they are French, Swiss, German,...
Following in the footsteps of Empress Joséphine in Switzerland
From Napoleon Magazine No. 109: In 1810 and 1812, the Empress stayed twice in Switzerland. Separated from Napoleon, these trips allowed...
The Battle of Castiglione: August 5, 1796
Faced with the dazzling progress of Bonaparte's Army of Italy, the Austrians – after several lost engagements – retreated into Mantua....
The Illyrian Provinces (1809-1813)
The region of Europe is known broadly and geographically as the “Balkans,” and until a few years ago it was “Yugoslavia.” Between 1789...
Surcouf and Napoleon in the service of the Empire
Pronouncing certain surnames such as Surcouf, Duguay-Trouin, and Chateaubriand immediately brings to mind Saint-Malo, the name alone of...
The capture of Kent aboard the Confiance on October 7, 1800
At the dawn of the 19th century, seizing a vessel with a mass three times greater than that of one's ship and defended by a crew three...
The fate of the bones of soldiers killed at Waterloo
Where did the bodies of the soldiers killed at Waterloo go? This question is on the lips of all historians who have studied the aftermath...
Napoleon and Queen Louise of Prussia in Tilsit
In 1807, the small town of Tilsit became the rendezvous point for crowned heads. There, Napoleon met Queen Louise of Prussia, one of the...
A mystery potentially solved The "unexpected" eagle of Borisov identified
Since 1963, the Borisov Museum on the Berezina has held among its treasures a Napoleonic eagle found a few kilometers away, whose...