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You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Age: 52 †
Born: 1769
Born: January 1
Died: 1821
Died: January 1
Art Collector
Emperor
Militant
Military Leader
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Politician
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Aiacciu
Napoléon Bonaparte
Le Petit Caporal
Le Corse
Napoleone di Buonaparte
Napoleon I
by the Grace of God and the Constitutions
Emperor of the French and King of Italy
Empereur des Français Napoléon I
Napoleon Buonaparte
emperador dels francesos Napoleó I
Napoleone Bonaparte
Napoleone Buonaparte
Emperador de Francia Napoleón I
Napoleon I
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