|
| A Time Line |
| Comparing the events in the lives of |
| Andre Massena, Napoleon Bonaparteand Simon Wiess. |
| (Looking for any evidence that Simon Wiess may have met either of those men.) |
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| 1758 |
- BIRTH OF Andre Massena. |
| 1769 |
- BIRTH OF Napoleon Bonaparte. |
| 1795 |
- Napoleon promoted to commander of the French and Italian armies. |
| 1800 |
- BIRTH OF Simon Wiess in Poland. |
| 1803 |
- France sold Louisiana to America. |
| 1807 |
- Kingdom of Poland formed, Massena crowned as king. |
| 1810 |
- Massena drove the allies into the sea near Lubeck, Germany. |
| 1812 |
- October, beginning of French army retreat from Moscow. |
| 1814 |
- April, Napoleon abdicated. |
| 1814 |
- May, Napoleon imprisoned on Elba. |
| 1815 |
- February, Napoleon escaped from Elba. |
| 1815 |
- June, Napoleon’s 2ndand final abdication. |
| 1815 |
- July through October, Napoleon bound for St. Helena. |
| 1815 |
- October, Napoleon arrived at St. Helenain the South Atlantic. |
| 1815/6 |
- approximate time Simon Wiess began his travels. |
| 1817 |
- DEATH OF Marshal Andre Massena in France. |
| 1821 |
- DEATH OF Napoleon on St. Helena. |
| 1825 |
- Simon Wiess was in Constantinople and Asia Minor. |
| 1826 |
- February, Simon visited the Mt. Lebanon Lodge in Boston, Massachusetts. |
| 1828 |
- August, Simon was in Santo Domingo. |
| 1829 |
- June, Simon was in Georgetown, Demarara. |
| 1833 |
- Simon visited Texas. |
| 1836 |
- January, Simon married Margaret Sturrock in Nachitoches, Louisiana. |
| 1836 |
- Simon was Deputy Collector of Customs for the Republic of Texas at Camp Sabine |