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Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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^^. , „ . Copyright. 1900, by George W. Bertron. RENOWNED RULERS OF THE CENTURY
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CORONATION OF NAPOLEON AI^D THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE. le 145 146 FRANCE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. armies, general conscription, and forcedrequision introduced by Carnot, theorganizer of revolutionary Francesvictorious resistance against foreign ag-gression. This principle has since be-come the outstanding feature of conti-nental warfare. It gave Napoleon an empire includingpractically the whole of Europe, exceptRussia, Turkey and Great Britain; whenit was quietly introduced by Prussia, itassisted effectually in bringing to a closethe emperors career, but not until hehad made himself king of Italy, 1805,made of Holland and Naples vassalkingdoms, 1806, set up in Germany theConfederation of the Rhine, conqueredPrussia, 1806-7, occupied Portugal, de-posed the Bourbons in Spain, 1808,reduced the Hapsburgs after four cam-paigns from their medieval title of Ro-man emperors to the status of emperorsof Austria, made of Rome a Frenchtown, and carried off Pope Pius VII. toFontainebleau. The Empero

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