An assassination attempt on Napoleon in 1809

Friedrich Staps nearly assassinated Napoleon I by attempting to stab him during a troop review at Schönbrunn on October 12, 1809. This attack occurred in a year of increased vulnerability for the regime, marked by the emperor's injuries and the first major setback of his troops at Essling. This pressing threat to the sovereign's life definitively sealed the fate of his marriage, making his divorce from Joséphine inevitable to ensure his succession.