Only show
results for:

Topics related to "Councilman Fire himAlcala wants council to dismiss Bonaparte"

Brumaire Brumaire
Brumaire , second month of the French Revolutionary calendar . The coup of 18 (actually 18-19) Brumaire (Nov. 9-10, 1799), engineered chiefly by Sieyès, overthrew the Directory and established the Consulate under Napoleon. It nearly failed because of Napoleon's inept conduct at the... Read more
Bonaparte Bonaparte
Bonaparte , Ital. Buonaparte , family name of Napoleon I , emperor of the French. Parentage Napoleon's father, Carlo Buonaparte, 1746-85, a petty Corsican nobleman, was a lawyer in Ajaccio. He supported (1768-69) Pasquale Paoli , then changed sides and became one of the staunchest leaders of... Read more
Charles Joseph Bonaparte Charles Joseph Bonaparte
BONAPARTE, CHARLES JOSEPH Charles Joseph Bonaparte, who served as U.S. attorney general under president theodore roosevelt, was one of the organizers of the Civic Reform League and the National Municipal League, and he helped to found a Special Agents Force within the justice department that was... Read more
Vendemiaire Vendemiaire
Vendémiaire , first month of the French Revolutionary calendar . 13 Vendémiaire of the year iv (Oct. 5, 1795) was the day when Napoleon Bonaparte, until then an obscure general, won fame by putting down a serious insurrection. The Parisian electorate had revolted against certain... Read more
Emperor of France Napoleon I Emperor of France Napoleon I
Napoléon Bonaparte 1769-1821 BIBLIOGRAPHY Napoléon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, to a noble family of modest means, the second of eight children of Carlo and Letizia Buonaparte. He studied a... Read more
Joseph Bonaparte Joseph Bonaparte
Joseph Bonaparte The French statesman Joseph Bonaparte (1768-1844), older brother of Napoleon I, was king of Naples from 1806 to 1808 and king of Spain from 1808 to 1813. Joseph Bonaparte was born on Jan. 7, 1768, in Corte, Corsica. He was the third child of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia... Read more
Louis Bonaparte Louis Bonaparte
Louis Bonaparte The French statesman Louis Bonaparte (1778-1846), younger brother of Napoleon I, was king of Holland from 1806 to 1810. Louis Bonaparte was born at Ajaccio, Corsica, on Sept. 2, 1778, the seventh child of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino. He received a military education... Read more
defence of Acre defence of Acre
Acre, defence of, 1799. Bonaparte, in Egypt, advanced into Syria to menace the Turks, then in alliance with Britain. Sir Sidney Smith flung troops and guns into the fort of Acre, which resisted the French for two months. Bonaparte attempted to represent the rebuff as a great victory, explaining... Read more
battle of Pyramids battle of Pyramids
battle of Pyramids July, 1798, during the French Revolutionary Wars, battle fought between the French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte and the Egyptian Mamluks led by Murad Bey. Napoleon's victory gave the French access to Cairo and brief control over Egypt .... Read more
Ferdinand VII Ferdinand VII
Ferdinand VII 1784-1833, king of Spain (1808-33), son of Charles IV and María Luisa . Excluded from a role in the government, he became the center of intrigues against the chief minister Godoy and attempted to win the support of Napoleon I. In 1807 he was arrested by his father, who... Read more

Sorry, no results were found on Encyclopedia.com

No reference documents or articles match the search term Councilman Fire himAlcala wants council to dismiss Bonaparte


Suggestions:

  • Check the spelling of your search term
  • Try using fewer keywords
  • Try using more general keywords