Age+of+Napoleon


 * Napoleon was considered one of the most brilliant people in history, he was a dominating soldier, tactician, and administrator. Napoleon** **Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769 in** **Ajaccio, Corsica, to his parents Carlos Buonaparte, whom was a lawyer and political opportunist, and his wife, Marie-Letizia Bonaparte. He got his unusual name from the floor mat that he was born on. His family was nobility, however not very wealthy . His own ability got him in to the military academy at the age of 10. He then moved into the Persian royal military in 1784 and graduated a year later as a second Lieutenant in the artillery. Because of his Father’s death he completed a course in one year that usually takes three.

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