Tag: French Empire

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22nd August 1791: Start of the Haitian Revolution in the French colony of Saint-Domingue

22nd August 2026
Tagged as: Caribbean, Empire, France, French Empire, Haiti, Haitian Revolution, Hispaniola, Napoleon, Saint-Domingue, Slavery

Slaves in the French colony of Saint-Domingue on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola began the Haitian Revolution.

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2nd December 1804: Napoleon crowns himelf Emperor of the French

2nd December 2020
Tagged as: Beethoven, Empire, France, French Empire, French Revolution, Napoleon, Pope

On the 2nd December 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of the French at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.

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26th February 1815: Napoleon escapes from exile on Elba

26th February 2019
Tagged as: France, French Empire, French Revolution, Napoleon, Vienna

On the 26^th February 1815, Napoléon Bonaparte escaped exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba and sailed to the French mainland.