1804 CE
Coronation Of Napoleon
About this moment
Napoleon was crowned Emperor of the French on December 2, 1804 (11 Frimaire, Year XIII according to the French Republican calendar, commonly used at the time in France), at Notre-Dame de Paris in Paris. It marked "the instantiation of [the] modern empire" and was a "transparently masterminded piece of modern propaganda". Napoleon wanted to establish the legitimacy of his imperial reign with its new dynasty and nobility.
People
- Hugh Capet of France · 940 CE – 996 CE
- Louis XIV of France · 1638 CE – 1715 CE