- 15 Aug 1769
- Birth of Napoleon
- 1778
- Napoleon Goes to College
- Sep 1785
- Napoleon Graduates
- Apr 1791
- Napoleon is appointed first lieutenant of the 4th regiment of artillery at Valence. He immediately joins the Jacobin Club, a debating society. Making speeches against nobles, monks, and bishops, he soon becomes the club's president.
- Oct 1792
- Napoleon returns to Corsica on leave from his regiment, of which he is now captain.
- Apr 1793
- Civil war breaks out in Corsica. Pasquale Paoli, dictatorial leader of the effort for an independent Corsica, condemns the Bonaparte family to "perpetual execration and infamy," for their opposition to his side. The entire family flees to contin
- Jun 1793
- Napoleon rejoins his regiment at Nice after several months away in Corsica.
- Aug 1793
- When the commander of the National Convention's artillery is wounded at Toulon, Napoleon Bonaparte takes over.
- Oct 1793
- Napoleon is promoted to adjutant general of the National Convention's artillery.
- 17 Dec 1793
- Harassed by Napoleon's artillery, British troops supporting French royalists leave Toulon to the revolutionaries. Napoleon gains great prestige.
- 17 Dec 1793
- Napoleon wounded by bayonet
- 22 Dec 1793
- Napoleon Bonaparte is promoted to rank of Brigadier General at age 24
- Feb 1794
- Napoleon Bonaparte becomes commandant of the artillery in the French Army of Italy.
- Aug 1794
- After Robespierre falls from power in Paris, Napoleon is imprisoned for a month in Nice on charges of conspiracy and treason.
- Apr 1795
- Napoleon travels to Paris in an attempt to secure a prominent military post for himself. He is unsuccessful and considers working for the sultan of Turkey.