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Napoleon Bonaparte
Title: Napoleon Bonaparte
Category: Society & Culture / People
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte
Corsica is a rugged island in the Mediterranean, which lies sixty miles off the coast of Italy. The Corsicans are proud and independent people. In 1768, when the French took over the island from Genoa, an Italian state, the Corsicans rebelled and fought for their freedom. But they were unsuccessful. Their leader, Pasquale Paoli, was driven into exile.
Several months later, on August 15, 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Ajaccio, a major port on the …showed first 75 words of 3029 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 3029 total…it to make sure he wasn’t aboard. On July 14, 1815, he decided to surrender to the British authorities. And he was being exile to St. Helena, a remote island lost in the South Atlantic. After nearly six years of lonely exile, Napoleon died on May 5, 1821, of stomach cancer at the age of 51. He was buried on St. Helena. Twenty years later, however, the British allowed his remains to be brought back to Paris, in state.
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