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The coronation of Napoleon I — Imperial coronation at Notre-Dame de Paris, 2 December 1804
The ceremony of 2 December 1804 at Notre-Dame, where Napoleon crowned himself in the presence of Pope Pius VII — one year to the day before Austerlitz. (Editorial synthesis)
The coronation of Napoleon I took place on 2 December 1804. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
The coronation of Napoleon I took place in Paris. (source: Fondation Napoléon)
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