Napoleonic Civil War

The Napoleonic civil war 1812-1864 was one of the bloodiest wars in human history. Fought between several factions resulting in what some would call a "world war". The validity of this term is still under dispute from many historians and scholars though. However, most agree that the Napoleonic civil war was essential in shaping our world today.

Napoleon's death
On January 2, 1812 while residing in his estate, Napoleon Bonaparte was meeting was several members of his staff and military commanders. Whilst in the middle of a report on how many men have been gathered for his Russian campaign, Napoleon suddenly fainted. He was taken to his room by several of his servants. Napoleons doctor Robert Giuseppe, diagnosed Napoleon with yellow fever. For the next several days, Napoleon was bed ridden to his room, in complete solitude, except for his doctor and his wife. On January 11, 1812 Napoleon's doctor was making his way into his room, when he discovered that Napoleon, the Emperor of France, was dead.

Robert then made his way down the hall to Josephine Napoleon's room. He informed her of her husbands death. Josephine then ran to her bureau and extracted a vial of hemlock. Josephine drank the vial committing suicide.

Immediate chaos
Word of the Emperor's death spread throughout the empire quickly. Several riots sprang up in the cities of Paris, Orleans, Warsaw, Amsterdam, and Brussels.