rock the boat. 1. Lit. to do something to move a boat from side to side, causing it to rock. (Often in a negative sense.) Sit down and stop rocking the boat.
The Bumpy Coronation of Napoleon. Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned Emperor of the French on December 2, 1804 at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. A victorious general who had become leader of France through a coup dâÃ©tat, Napoleon wanted to establish the legitimacy of his regime.
1 NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. 2  Napoleon Bonaparte was considered by most the be the savior of the French Revolution by ending it and putting in place a government that brought equality and stability to a torn country. 3  Napoleon was born August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio Corsica.