Industrial Age · Europe · Politics

1804

Napoleon Proclaimed Emperor

May 18, 1804

The Senate voted and the Tribunate acquiesced: Napoleon Bonaparte was declared Emperor of the French, with the title to be hereditary. The proclamation preceded the ceremony at Notre-Dame by seven months. A republic eleven years old had become a hereditary monarchy, and a lawyer's son from Corsica would shortly wear a crown.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: May 18, 1803: Britain Declares War on France
After: October 21, 1805: Battle of Trafalgar

Before and after in Politics

Before: April 30, 1803: Louisiana Purchase
After: February 3, 1805: Dessalines Crowned Emperor

Era

Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Crown of Napoleon