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Also on this date: In 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of the French and was banished to the island of Elba. (Napoleon later escaped from Elba and returned to power in March 1815 ...

In 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of the French and was banished to the island of Elba. (Napoleon later escaped from Elba and returned to power in March 1815, until his downfall in ...

Enemy forces take Paris and restore the monarchy as Napoleon retreats from Moscow; he is exiled to Elba, which he calls an "operetta kingdom." Napoleon escapes to Paris; King Louis XVIII flees ...

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When the European allies appeared at the very doors of Paris, the city fathers signed a treaty with them and Napoleon was forced to abdicate. After enduring exile on the Isle of Elba, Napoleon ...

1815 - Napoleon Bonaparte beginnt seine "Herrschaft der Hundert Tage" in Frankreich. Er hatte zuvor sein Exil auf Elba verlassen und kampflos Paris eingenommen. Im Juni wird er in der Schlacht bei ...

Ausgerechnet ein fremder Kaiser ist es, der Deutschland in ein nationales Zeitalter katapultiert: Frankreichs Jahrhundertherrscher Napoleon. Durch seine Eroberungen und Reformen finden die ...

Im August 1813, vor der Schlacht bei Dresden, schätzt Kaiser Napoleon seine Lage nüchtern ein: Er ist ein Selfmademan, der es aus einem Dorf auf Korsika bis an die Spitze der europäischen ...

Im August 1813, vor der Schlacht bei Dresden, schätzt Kaiser Napoleon seine Lage nüchtern ein: Er ist ein Selfmademan, der es aus einem Dorf auf Korsika bis an die Spitze der europäischen ...

On April 11, 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, France’s famed military commander and emperor, formally gave up his throne. Under the Treaty of Fontainebleau, he was exiled to Elba, a small island in the ...