Dec. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself emperor of France. In 1823, during his annual address to the U.S. Congress, President James Monroe proclaimed a new U.S ...

As the film also rightly shows, in a legendary reversal of power, Napoleon first crowned himself. Traditionally, the presiding religious leader—in this case, Pope Pius VII—would have done the ...

Napoleon jumps from being merely a successful general to being a key leader of France to crowning himself Emporer with little in the way of explanation of how he moves from one stage to the next.

Napoleon crowning himself Emperor of France in 1804; the decisive Battle of Austerlitz; the failed attempts to establish peace with England and forge alliances with Prussia and Austria ...

Dec. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself emperor of France. In 1823, during his annual address to the U.S. Congress, President James Monroe proclaimed a new U.S ...