Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) installed as First Consul in France by 1800 and crowned Emperor of France 1804, was born where?
Military career of Napoleon Bonaparte career is well covered. The most thorough coverage of his campaigns is by David G. Chandler. 1769 August 15 – Napoleon born "Nabulione di Buonaparte" in Ajaccio, Corsica. 1778 December 15 – Napoleon leaves Corsica for mainland France. 1779 January 1 – Napoleon enters religious school at Autun. May 15 – Napoleon enters cadet school at Brienne-le-Château. 1784 October 30 – Napoleon enters École Militaire in Paris. 1785 September 1 – Napoleon graduates from École Militaire and is commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant of Artillery. October 30 – Napoleon reports to first posting with the La Fère Artillery Regiment at Valence-sur-Rhône.
Bonaparte, First Consul Bonaparte, First Consul Bonaparte, First Consul ("Bonaparte, Premier Consul") is an 1804 portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. The painting is now in the collection of the Curtius Museum in Liège. Posing the hand inside the waistcoat was often used in portraits of rulers to indicate calm and stable leadership. On 1 August 1803 Bonaparte stopped in Liège for two days on his triumphal march across the nine annexed départements. On the terrace of a hôtel particulier on the Mont-Saint-Martin, Bonaparte contemplated the city, criticising the église Saint-Jean-en-l’Isle, ordering a bell tower (which it still lacked)