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NAPOLEON- Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica on Aug 15, 1769. On March 9, 1796 he married Josephine de Beauharnas. Crowned himself Emperor of the French and created an empire that covered most western and central Europe. He was the greatest military genius of his time His courage and short stature led to his early nickname of le Petit Corporal, or the little corporal.
After the battle of Waterloo in 1815 he surrendered to the British and was exiled to the island of Helena where, in 1821 he died.