Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1976. Napoleon wanted to be involved in military since he was a little child. But as we now know his ambitions led him to becoming the Emperor of France. As a child napoleon was very smart winning a scholarship to a French military school. Napoleon was one of the greatest military commanders that the world has seen, it was his goal to establish France as the leading power of the world, and he almost succeeded. His mistake was leading his grand army into Russia where he suffered a defeat. This ended his career as a military leader and an emperor.