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1767 CE - 1815 CE: Life of Joachim Murat, marshal of the French Empire and King of Naples.
1791 CE: The Flight to Varennes, an attempted escape by the French royal family from Paris, is foiled; public disdain for the monarchy increases.
1795 CE: During the French Revolution, the royalist revolt of 13 Vendemiaire is crushed by Napoleon Bonaparte.
1796 CE - 1797 CE: Napoleon Bonaparte's Italian Campaign.
1800 CE: Joachim Murat marries Caroline Bonaparte.
1805 CE: Napoleon's Ulm Campaign results in the elimination of an Austrian army under General Mack.
1805 CE: Napoleon's Grande Armée smashes an Austro-Russian army at the Battle of Austerlitz.
1807 CE: The French and Russian armies fight the bloody, yet inconclusive, Battle of Eylau; both sides subsequently retreat into winter quarters.
1808 CE: Napoleon installs Joachim Murat as King of Naples.
1808 CE: Dos de Mayo uprisings in Madrid.
1812 CE: Napoleon's Grande Armée clashes with the Kutuzov's Russian army at the Battle of Borodino.
1812 CE: Napoleon heads to Paris, gives control of the Grande Armée to Joachim Murat; the disastrous Russian campaign is over.
1813 CE: Napoleon suffers a decisive defeat at the Battle of Leipzig, also known as the Battle of the Nations.
1814 CE: Napoleon abdicates, goes into exile on the island of Elba.
1815 CE: Joachim Murat's Neapolitan army is defeated at the Battle of Tolentino.