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.
Napoleon took a crown known as the Charlemagne crown and placed it on his own head. He then returned to the altar and replaced the Charlemagne crown with a laurel wreath crown made of gold which was worn by Roman Emperors.