Napoléon Bonaparte

Biography

A French general, First Consul of the French Republic (1799-1804), President of the Italian Republic (1802-1805), Mediator of the Swiss Confederation (1803-1813), Emperor of the French (1804-1814, 1815), King of Italy (1805-1814), Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine (1806-1813) and a talented writer of short stories and essays.  He died in 1821.