Sameer Rajput

    Napoleon Bonaparte and Corsica Napoleon Bonaparte was born on 15th August 1769 on the island of Corsica. Look at the map, it is an island situated between France and Italy.  Corsica, during the 1700s, was under the rule of the a country that doesn't exist any longer. Republic of Genoa Republic of Genoa flag Republic of Genoa several territories that are now part of Italy and Greece were under the control of this country. One such territory was Corsica but the Corsicians were fed up with Genoan rule. They were fueled by a burgeoning sense of nationalism and a desire to live in a free country. Pasquale Paoil emerged as a leader in the Corsican struggle for independence, and a young napoleon embraced Corsican nationalism inspired by his childhood idol Paoil. By the 1760s,  Corsica found  itself embroiled in war while the Republic of Genoa burdened by debt by war decided to literally sell the island of Corsica to France in 1768. This decision caused unrest among Corsican freed figh