Napoleon Bonaparte Born in Ajaccio
August 15, 1769
On the island of Corsica, newly annexed by France, Carlo and Letizia Bonaparte welcomed their second surviving son. His mother was said to have gone into labor at Mass and given birth on a rug depicting ancient heroes. The boy would prove hard to discipline and strangely good at mathematics.
In context
Also in 1769 (5 other events on record)
- Watt Patents His Separate Condenser · Europe · Science
- Cook Reaches New Zealand · Oceania · Exploration
- Cook Arrives at Tahiti · Oceania · Exploration
- First Spanish Mission in Alta California · North America · Religion
- Dahomey at the Height of Its Power · Africa · Politics
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Politics
Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.
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