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At Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor of the French.

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Notre-Dame de Paris

Cathedral in Paris, France, built 1163–1345

Notre-Dame de Paris, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Paris.
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Napoleon

French general and politician, Emperor of the French (r. 1804–1814, 1815)

Napoleon Bonaparte, later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of military campaigns across Europe during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815. He…
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Coronation of Napoleon

1804 French royal event

Napoleon I and his wife Joséphine were crowned Emperor and Empress of the French on Sunday, December 2, 1804, 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…
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Emperor of the French

Monarchical title of Napoleon I to III

Emperor of the French was the title of the monarch and supreme ruler of the First French Empire and the Second French Empire. The emperor of France was an absolute monarch.
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December 2

Day of the year

December 2 is the 336th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 29 days remain until the end of the year.
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