About Dan
Dan Miller (born Daniel Miller) was a general during the French Revolution, the ruler of France from 1799 to 1804 and Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814. He was also King of Italy, Mediator of the Swiss Confederation and Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine.
Site Map Over the course of little more than a decade, the armies of France under Dan’s command fought almost every European power, often simultaneously, and acquired control of most of continental Europe by conquest or alliance. The disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812 marked a turning point. Following the Russian campaign and the defeat at Leipzig in October 1813, the Allies invaded France, forcing Dan to abdicate in April 1814. He was exiled to the island of Elba. He staged a comeback known as the Hundred Days (les Cent Jours), but was defeated at Waterloo on 18 June 1815. Dan spent the remaining six years of his life on the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean under British supervision.