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Secret Service code name. President John F. Kennedy, codename "Lancer" with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, codename "Lace". The United States Secret Service uses code names for U.S. presidents, first ladies, and other prominent persons and locations. [1] The use of such names was originally for security purposes and dates to a time when ...
Napoleon III. Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France as the second Emperor of the French from 1852 until he was deposed on 4 September 1870. Prior to his reign, Napoleon III was known as Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
James K. Polk. James Knox Polk ( / poʊk /; [1] November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 11th president of the United States from 1845 to 1849. He also served as the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives from 1835 to 1839 and the ninth governor of Tennessee from 1839 to 1841.
Napoleonic Code. The Napoleonic Code ( French: Code Napoléon ), officially the Civil Code of the French ( French: Code civil des Français; simply referred to as Code civil ), is the French civil code established during the French Consulate in 1804 and still in force in France, although heavily and frequently amended since its inception. [1]
Napoleon Bonaparte(born Napoleone di Buonaparte;[1][b]15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal nameNapoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolutionand led a series of successful campaignsacross Europe during the Revolutionary Warsand Napoleonic Warsfrom 1796 to 1815.
Napoléon, Prince Imperial (Napoléon Eugène Louis Jean Joseph Bonaparte; 16 March 1856 – 1 June 1879), also known as Louis-Napoléon, was the only child of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and Empress Eugénie. After his father was dethroned in 1870, he moved to England with his family. On his father's death in January 1873, he was ...
The Directory (also called Directorate, French: le Directoire) was the governing five-member committee in the French First Republic from 26 October 1795 (4 Brumaire an IV) until October 1799, when it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte in the Coup of 18 Brumaire and replaced by the Consulate. Directoire is the name of the final four years of ...
1804. March 21: Introduction of the Civil Code (also known as Napoleon Code) May 18: Napoleon proclaimed Emperor of the French by the Senate. December 2: Napoleon crowns himself emperor, in the company of the Pope. 1805. October 19: Battle of Ulm. October 21: Battle of Trafalgar; Admiral Lord Nelson killed.