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Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Age: 52 †
Born: 1769
Born: January 1
Died: 1821
Died: January 1
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by the Grace of God and the Constitutions
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emperador dels francesos Napoleó I
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