After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, he was exiled to St. Helena, where he died, starting with Napoleon's biography.
In 1768, France bought Corsica from Genoa and sent troops into it.
In 1769 (the 34th year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty), Napoleon was born in the following year when France purchased Corsica.
In 1779 (the 44th year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty), Napoleon left Corsica at the age of 10 to study French at a secondary school in mainland France.
In 1785 (the fiftieth year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty), Napoleon was 16 years old and passed the Pei Shu Tianshu examination and was awarded the rank of second lieutenant in artillery.
Figure - Corsica
In 1791 (the 56th year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty), Napoleon was 22 years old and promoted to artillery lieutenant.
In 1792 (the 57th year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty), Napoleon was 23 years old and was promoted to artillery captain.
Figure - Corsica 2
In 1793 (the 58th year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty), Napoleon was 24 years old and was exceptionally promoted to brigadier general of artillery.
In 1796 (the first year of the Jiaqing reign of Qingrenzong), Napoleon was 27 years old and served as commander-in-chief of the Italian legion.
In 1798 (the third year of the reign of Emperor Qingrenzong), Napoleon was 29 years old and served as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Expeditionary Force, which made an expedition to Egypt and occupied Cairo.
On December 2, 1804 (the ninth year of the reign of Emperor Qing Renzong), Napoleon was 35 years old and was crowned Emperor of France at Notre-Dame Cathedral.
On March 31, 1814 (the 19th year of the reign of Emperor Qingrenzong), the anti-French coalition entered Paris, France, but Napoleon still had a strong army in his hands, and the French still enthusiastically supported Napoleon. After intense negotiations and compromises, on April 6, Emperor Napoleon announced his abdication. On May 4, Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba, called exile, but in fact Napoleon had to be let go, which is more appropriate to call it retirement.
The island of Elba is located between the Tyrrhenian and Ligurian Seas, about 10 km from the Apennine Peninsula and about 50 km from Corsica. The island of Elba is the third largest island in Italy after Sardinia and Sicily, with an area of about 223 square kilometers. Napoleon retained the title of Emperor, but only on the island of Elba, and after that he became Emperor of the island, and the restored French Bourbon dynasty gave him 2 million francs a year.
When Napoleon landed on the island, he was followed by 600 soldiers, and the island's inhabitants fed the pot pulp and greeted them in the middle of the road.
Elba immediately became the center of Europe, with construction, roads, infrastructure, and trade routes.
On February 26, 1815 (the 20th year of the reign of Emperor Qing Renzong), Napoleon left Elba after spending more than nine months on the island. The people are empty, and they send you thousands of miles. Napoleon gathered the old ministries along the way, returned to France, broke through the cage of history, and was once again crowned Emperor of France.
On June 18, 1815, at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon was defeated, returned to Paris three days later, and announced his abdication again the next day. The anti-French alliance learned that Elba was too close to the European continent for Napoleon's escape. Napoleon must be exiled to a desert island far from all continents, so that he can never return to Europe.
The place where Napoleon was exiled again was the British island of St. Helena in the Atlantic, Napoleon had the power to reach the sky, and there was nothing he could do in the face of the desperate loneliness of St. Helena!
The anti-French alliance did not dare to kill Napoleon, he was the most prestigious person in France for hundreds of years, and if Napoleon was killed, France might become the biggest powder keg in Europe. As long as any careerist raised the banner of "revenge for Napoleon", thousands of French men would defect.
St. Helena is isolated in the Atlantic Ocean, and the nearest land mass is Africa, about 2,000 kilometers, a little farther than the distance between Beijing and Shenzhen. Placing Napoleon here, the British were relieved that Napoleon would not be able to fly.
St. Helena Island covers an area of about 121 square kilometers, less than 10% of Chongming Island, slightly smaller than Xiamen Island, and the usable area of St. Helena Island is much smaller.
St. Helena is a volcanic island formed by the magma from volcanic eruptions that cooled and rose above sea level. The land of St. Helena is predominantly rocky, with no vegetation in most of the island, except for a small patch of barren sand in the middle of the island.
At the beginning of his landing, Napoleon was in a more optimistic mood, insisting on exercising and practicing English in order to make a second comeback.
Figure - St. Helena
As time went on, Napoleon's hopes began to be dashed, and without the French to see him, he could not plan with the old ministry in Europe, no matter how much he planned.
The living conditions on St. Helena were not good, rats were scurrying around under the quilt and hat, and Napoleon's spirit was getting weaker and weaker. One can imagine how desolate and helpless Napoleon, who once dominated half of Europe, looked at the land from afar on St. Helena.
On May 5, 1821 (the first year of Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty), Napoleon died at the age of 52 after six years on the island of St. Helena. Born in Corsica and died on the island of St. Helena. Born on an island, died on an island, this is fate.
More than a hundred years later, laboratory tests showed that Napoleon had been poisoned. The British were suspicious, and the people around Napoleon were the most suspicious, after all, no one wanted to bury their youth on the island, and when Napoleon died, they were free. The truth has long been blown away by the mighty sea breeze of the Atlantic.
On December 15, 1840 (the twentieth year of Daoguang of Qing Xuanzong), nineteen and a half years after Napoleon's death, his body was sent back to Paris, France, and buried at Les Invalides on the banks of the Seine.