Napoleon I was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio on the island of Corsica (as Napoleone Buonaparte, later Napoléon Bonaparte), and died on May 5, 1821, on Saint Helena in the South Atlantic. He served as Emperor of France from December 2, 1804, until April 6, 1814. As commander-in-chief of the French military, he […]