Signatures of Napoleon Bonoparte

Napoleon I Bonaparte is a French general and politician. Emperor of France (in 1804-1814 and March-June 1815). In 1799 he engineered a coup and became the first consul; in 1804 he was crowned as the Emperor. He extended the territory of the Empire and made most West and Central European countries conditional to France. In 1814 he abdicated. Was crowned again in 1815. After his defeat at Waterloo (June 1815) he was exiled to St Helena Island.
The examples of Bonaparte’s signatures made at different stages of his career show the way the events of his life influenced his signature.

	1792. Bonaparte as an artillery commander
	1795. Commander-in-Chief of the National Army
	1796. Commander-in-Chief of the “Army of Italy”
	1798. Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Army
	1804. Napoleon became the Emperor of France
	1805. The greatest victory of Napoleon in the Battle of Austerlitz
	1806. Victories at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt
	1807. Napoleon signed a treaty at Tilsit
	1808. Spanish campaign
	1809. Treaty of Shoenbrunn
	1812. After the battle near Moscow
	1812. Napoleon army leaves Russia
	1813. Victory at Dresden
	1813. Napoleon army was pinned down at Leipzig
	1814. Napoleon abdicated
	1814. Napoleon was deported to Elba
	On July 14, 1815 Napoleon made his formal surrender to the British
	1816. Napoleon in Longwood House on Saint Helena

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