Napoleon - Birth
Time: Tuesday Aug 15, 1769
Place: Ajaccio, Corsica, Kingdom of France
Details: Napoleon was born on 15 August 1769. His parents Carlo Maria di Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino maintained an ancestral home called "Casa Buonaparte" in Ajaccio. Napoleon was their fourth child and third son. A boy and girl were born first but died in infancy.
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