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Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...

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1814

3.10.1814

Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.

4.4.1814

Napoleon abdicates for the first time.

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.

6.1.1815

Napoleon swears fidelity to the Constitution of France.

6.18.1815

Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.

10.15.1815

Napoleon I of France begins his exile on Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean.

1821

5.5.1821

Emperor Napoleon I dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.

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