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Elba

Elba is a Mediterranean island in Tuscany, Italy, from the coastal town of Piombino. The largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, Elba is also part of the National Park of the Tuscan Archipelago and the third largest island in Italy after Sicily and Sardinia...

Timeline of Events

1814

4.6.1814

Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.

5.4.1814

Emperor Napoleon I of France arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile.

1815

2.26.1815

Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from Elba.

3.1.1815

Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.

3.20.1815

After escaping from Elba, Napoleon enters Paris with a regular army of 140,000 and a volunteer force of around 200,000, beginning his "Hundred Days" rule.