Napoleon I, originally Napoléon Bonaparte, was a French general, commander and politician. He was the first consul of the French Republic between 1799 and 1804. Later, as Napoleon I, Emperor of the French Empire, first between 1804 and 1814, then for one hundred days between March and June 1815. 1769. He was born on August 15 in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. Died: 5 May 1821 Longwood, St Helena, Great Britain. His religion: Roman Catholic. He was brought up as a Catholic, but he never deepened his faith. During the revolution, he declared himself a deist and had a civil marriage with Joséphine de Beauharnais, without a religious ceremony, but this could just as well have been a step taken for the sake of his career in the anti-church atmosphere of the revolution, as the fact that on the eve of the emperor's coronation, at the insistence of the Pope, Napoleon and Joséphine it was now married in a Catholic wedding by Cardinal Fesch. True, the ecclesiastical tribunal in Paris under Napoleon's control annulled this marriage in January 1810. He then entered into his next marriage with Archduchess Mária Lujza on April 1, 1810, also in a Catholic ceremony, but then as a person excommunicated by the Pope. 1804. He was crowned emperor in the Notre-Dame Cathedral on December 2. 1805. He was crowned King of Italy in the Milan Cathedral on March 17. First, XVIII. Louis was his successor as king, then II. Napoleon followed him. He is one of the most prominent figures in European history, one of the most famous and most talked about generals, a huge icon of military leadership. He fought a total of 56 victorious battles. To this day, it is one of the most famous French, as well as the most famous Corsican. The VII. Piusz's concordat with the Pope and his administrative, military, educational and legal reforms had a decisive impact on the development of French society. In just over a decade, his armies fought almost every European country, often simultaneously, and his country brought much of continental Europe under its control by conquest or alliance. His string of successes was broken by the disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812. After the subsequent defeat in Leipzig, in 1814, the allied armies invaded the territory of the French Empire, forcing him to abdicate. He was exiled to the island of Elba, but returned the following year and retook power for a hundred days. On June 18, 1815, he suffered a final defeat in the Battle of Waterloo, and was then exiled by the victors to the island of Saint Helena, where he lived under British supervision until his death in 1821. Napoleon was a powerful icon in the field of military leadership, and his reforms had a significant impact on French society. Although his success was interrupted by the disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812, he is still one of the most prominent figures in history.

Napoleon I ruled France and Italy from 1804 to 1814. During this period, the French mint was significantly reorganized and new coins were introduced. The French franc became the official currency. New, modern technology was used to produce the coins. The design of the coins was unified and Napoleon was depicted on them. Napoleon's minting contributed significantly to the development of the French economy . The franc became a stable and valuable currency that helped boost French trade and industry. Among the coins introduced by Napoleon, the most important were the franc: it was the official currency and was divided into 100 centimes, the Augusta: it was the gold franc, and It was equivalent to 20 francs, and the napoleon: this was the silver franc, and it was equivalent to 5 francs. Napoleon's coinage had a significant impact on European monetary history. The French franc and the Napoleonic coins were widely distributed in Europe and served as a model for later coinage reforms in many countries.