article_snippet: Bonaparte was born into a gentry family in Corsica in August 1769.
article_snippet: After military school Bonaparte rapidly moved through the ranks of the French army and was appointed as commander in Italy in 1796.
article_snippet: In a coup d'etat  in 1799, Bonaparte became first consul.
article_snippet: Bonaparte later became emperor.
article_snippet: Bonaparte went into exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba after Paris fell to Austrian forces in 1814.
article_snippet: Bonaparte died on May 5, 1821, on the island of St Helena where Bonaparte was imprisoned by the British after the Battle of Waterloo. '