Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French at Saint-Cloud, 18th May 1804 (1882-1884). In 1799 Napoleon led a coup to overthrow the government, the Directory, and became first consul and effective dictator of France. In 1804, he declared himself Emperor. A print from La France et les Français à Travers les Siècles, Volume IV, F Roy editor, A Challamel, Saint-Antoine, 1882-1884.
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