In this book we discuss about the leaders who had significant impact on the history of mankind.
1.....Napoléon Bonaparte (born
Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821), usually referred to as simply Napoleon in English, was a French...
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The turmoil of the French Revolution created opportunities for ambitious military leaders like Napoleon. The young leader quickly showed his support for the Jacobins, a far-left political movement and the most well-known and popular political club from the French Revolution.
In 1792, three years after the Revolution had begun, France was declared a republic; the following year, King Louis XVI was executed. Ultimately, these acts led to the rise of Maximilien de Robespierre and what became, essentially, the dictatorship of the Committee of Public Safety.
The years of 1793 and 1794 came to be known as the Reign of Terror, in which many as 40,000 people were killed. Eventually the Jacobins fell from power and Robespierre was executed. In 1795, the Directory (the French Revolutionary government) took control of the country, a power it would it assume until 1799.
