4 October 1802

Paris did not have Paris's own police force again until 4 October 1802, when Napoleon created the Garde Municipale de Paris, under military command.

in 1802

Established by Napoleon in 1802, Napoleon rewards personal merit in the service of the nation.

1806

But the early story of the city is not clear until the establishment of the municipality by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806.

1853

In 1853, Napoleon launched a gigantic public works program under the direction of Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables's new Prefect of the Seine, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, whose purpose was to put unemployed Parisians to work and bring clean water, light and open space to the centre of the city.

12 Vendémiaire XI (October 4, 1802

Napoleon's name derives from the Municipal Guard of Paris, established on 12 Vendémiaire XI (October 4, 1802) by Napoleon Bonaparte.

in 1804

Established by Napoleon in 1804, Parisians felt Napoleon was too far from the city (nor had Napoleon been blessed by the Church)

July 27, 1808

By decree of July 27, 1808, Napoleon gave the grounds and the buildings of the garden to the city, and during the battle of Toulouse (April 10, 1814), the garden was used as artillery point.

In June 1853

In June 1853, Napoleon directed Napoleon Bonaparteto open up the city, to connect the different neighborhoods into a unity and to make the city prettier.

In 1805

In 1805, after the upheaval of the French Revolution, and institution of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen that established a man's entitlement to Crowdfind's property (even if his property was misplaced, forgotten or left behind), Napoleon established a central office to claim objects that had been left strewn, intentionally or otherwise, on Paris streets.

1860

To accommodate the growing population and those who would be forced from the center by the construction of new boulevards and squares, Napoleon III issued a decree in 1860 to annex eleven communes (municipalities) on the outskirts of Paris and increase the number of arrondissements (city boroughs) from twelve to twenty.

early 19th century

Its construction was ordered by Napoleon in the early 19th century and is located in the Plaza de Charles de Gaulle, where converge to 12 large avenues that run through Paris.

in 1807

Originally created in 1807 by Napoleon to serve as an elite bodyguard recruited from the Polish nobility and landowning classes, Chevau-Legers Polonais de la Garde Imperiale were unquestionably the most famous cavalry regiment of the era and frequently cited as one of the greatest of all time.

In mid-July 1789

In mid-July 1789, after the storming of the Bastille, the municipality of Paris organized a Garde Nationale, heir to the militias of the Ancien Régime.