Napoleon (disambiguation)
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Napoleon usually refers to:
- Napoleon I of France (Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821; reigned 1804-1814)
Napoleon may also refer to:
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[edit] In relation to Napoleon Bonaparte
- Napoleonic Wars, the name given to the military conflicts connected to Napoleon I
- Code Napoleon, (or Napoleonic code) a legal code instituted by Napoleon I in France in 1803
- Napoleonic Era is a name given to describe the time period of Napoleon's activities
[edit] Fiction
- Napoléon (film), a 1927 film by Abel Gance about Napoleon I
- Napoleon (play), 1927 stage play written by George S. Kaufman and originally featuring The Marx Brothers
- Napoléon (miniseries) is the title of a 2002 miniseries
- Napoleon (Animal Farm), a character in George Orwell's novel Animal Farm
- Napoleon Bonaparte, a fictional half-caste Aborigine detective, created by Australian author Arthur Upfield
- Napoleon Dynamite, a 2004 film by Jared Hess
- Vice Principal Napolean, is a character in the anime of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. In the American Dubbed version, his name is Bonaparte
- Napoleon Wilson, a main character in John Carpenter's 1976 film Assault on Precinct 13.
[edit] Military
- Le Napoléon (1850), the first steam battleship in history.
- Napoleon, the nickname of the M1857 smoothbore 12-pounder field gun in the American Civil Wars
[edit] People
- Napoleon II of France, Napoleon's son Napoleon Francis Joseph Charles Bonaparte, King of Rome, (1811-1832) who never reigned
- Napoleon III of France, Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte (1808-1873) was President of France from 1849 to 1852, and then Emperor of the French under the name Napoléon III from 1852 to 1870.
- Prince Napoléon Bonaparte of Canino, descendant of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince Canino
- Napoleon XIV, a comedic singer. See also: Roots of rap music
- Napoleon (rapper), a Muslim rapper
- José María Napoleón, Mexican singer, songwriter and actor.
- Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, Governor of Florida from 1905 to 1909.
- Napoleon Hill Writer of Success
[edit] Places
- Napoleon, Alabama
- Napoleon, Indiana
- Napoleon, Kentucky
- Napoleon, Michigan
- Napoleon, Mississippi
- Napoleon, Missouri
- Napoleon, North Dakota
- Napoleon, Ohio
[edit] Other
- Napoleon (pastry), a dessert made of crisp, flaky layers of pastry alternating with custard cream filling
- Napoleon (coin), a French gold coin
- Napoleon (card game), a British trick-taking card game
- Napoleon, another name for the card game FreeCell
- Napoleon Opening, a chess opening named after Napoleon Bonaparte who supposedly played it against The Turk.
- Napoleon Gambit, a variation of the Scotch Game, a chess opening.
- Napoleon complex, a psychological inferiority complex suffered by people who are short.
- Napoleone, an Italian comics series published by Sergio Bonelli Editore.
[edit] See also
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