Napoléon Bonaparte

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1795–1796

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Napoléon Bonaparte, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Marriage of Napoleon and Joséphine

   1795–1796

   Role: Groom; general who proposed in January 1796 and married Joséphine on 9 March 1796

   1. 11795 – January 1796 · Paris, where Joséphine lived after her imprisonmentCourtship and proposal

      Joséphine met Napoleon in 1795, became his mistress, and accepted his marriage proposal in January 1796.

   2. 29 March 1796 · Paris, venue of the civil marriageWedding on 9 March 1796

      Joséphine and Napoleon married on 9 March 1796, falsifying their ages on the certificate to appear closer in age.

   3. 3March – July 1796 · Paris, where Joséphine remained before travelling to MilanSeparation during the Italian campaign

      Napoleon departed for Italy after the wedding; Joséphine, left in Paris, began an affair with Hippolyte Charles in 1796.

Sources

1. Joséphine de Beauharnais Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-19