Napoleon Bonaparte

French Emperor; conquered most of Europe

Born 1769 🇫🇷 France 1804

👑 Known For

Built the largest European empire since Rome — 70 million people

Napoleonic Code — basis of civil law in France, Italy, Spain, Louisiana and Quebec

Exiled to Elba (1814), escaped, defeated at Waterloo (1815), exiled to St. Helena

Reformed law with the Napoleonic Code, still in use today