# Napoleon I - Emperor of the French

URL: https://history-france.com/rulers/napoleon-i-1804
Reign: 1804–1814
Born-Died: 1769 - 1821
Dynasty: Bonaparte
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Napoleon+I&go=Go

Created the First French Empire, codified major reforms and dominated continental Europe before defeat.

## Succession
- Preceded by: [Napoleon Bonaparte](https://history-france.com/rulers/napoleon-bonaparte)
- Succeeded by: [Louis XVIII](https://history-france.com/rulers/louis-xviii-1814)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1804 - [Napoleonic Civil Code promulgated](https://history-france.com/timeline/1804-napoleonic-civil-code-promulgated)
- 1804 - [First French Empire proclaimed](https://history-france.com/timeline/1804-first-french-empire-proclaimed)
- 1804 - [Napoleon crowned emperor](https://history-france.com/timeline/1804-napoleon-crowned-emperor)
- 1805 - [Battle of Trafalgar](https://history-france.com/timeline/1805-battle-of-trafalgar)
- 1805 - [Battle of Austerlitz](https://history-france.com/timeline/1805-battle-of-austerlitz)
- 1806 - [Confederation of the Rhine created](https://history-france.com/timeline/1806-confederation-of-the-rhine-created)
- 1806 - [Continental System launched](https://history-france.com/timeline/1806-continental-system-launched)
- 1807 - [Treaties of Tilsit](https://history-france.com/timeline/1807-treaties-of-tilsit)
- 1808 - [Peninsular War begins](https://history-france.com/timeline/1808-peninsular-war-begins)
- 1809 - [Battle of Wagram](https://history-france.com/timeline/1809-battle-of-wagram)
- 1810 - [Napoleon marries Marie Louise of Austria](https://history-france.com/timeline/1810-napoleon-marries-marie-louise-of-austria)
- 1812 - [Invasion of Russia](https://history-france.com/timeline/1812-invasion-of-russia)
- 1813 - [Battle of Leipzig](https://history-france.com/timeline/1813-battle-of-leipzig)
- 1814 - [Allied armies enter Paris](https://history-france.com/timeline/1814-allied-armies-enter-paris)
- 1814 - [First Bourbon Restoration](https://history-france.com/timeline/1814-first-bourbon-restoration)