Napoléon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte (August 15, 1769 – May 5, 1821) was a military officer during the French Revolution and later the ruler of France, first as "First Consul of the French Republic" and later, after 1804, as "Emperor of the French". Today, he best known for the extensive European wars during which he commanded French armies marching across most countries in Europe, even all the way to Moscow, being defeated during the German campaign of 1813 and finally 1815 by the Prussians and British during the War of the Seventh Coalition.

He invented canning as a way to preserve food. The food was mashed, cooked, and inserted into wine bottles and corked.