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.
Napoleonâs Early Life. Napoleon Bonaparte, also known as Emperor of France, or Napoleon the 1st was brought into this world an August 15, 1769. That was the day the world changed! Napoleon was not born of French blood, but only of a minor, insignificant, noble Italian blood.