The French Emperor is famous for a lot of things, but this lasting myth about Napoleon has shaped the way we see him through ...

Napoleon Bonaparte, France’s famed military commander and emperor, formally gave up his throne. Under the Treaty of ...

Two months before Napoleon's historic defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, a volcanic eruption in Indonesia caused heavy rains ...

Napoleon crowned himself emperor on December 2, 1804, turning the French Republic into the French Empire, with a Bonaparte line of succession. He felt that this provision for continuity was ...

Samantha Reinders “Please, take the emperor’s seat,” says Michel ... he oversees Longwood House, Napoleon Bonaparte’s home in exile from 1815 to 1821, the last years of his life.

On Elba, he had at least been an Emperor. On St. Helena he was a ... who insisted on calling Napoleon General Bonaparte. Only one weapon was left him — words. With words, he would launch his ...

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 ...

Since the invasion plans by the emperor's entourage, relations between France and Brazil have gone through several upheavals ...

On April 11, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Army troops liberated the Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp near Weimar, ...

The battle at Lodi convinced Napoleon Bonaparte that he was ... Stunned by the advancing French armies, the Austrian Emperor sued for peace. Bonaparte himself negotiated with the Austrian diplomats.

‘The Exile’s Departure’ courtesy of: Torre Abbey Historic House and Art Gallery, Torquay, copyright Torbay Council. Following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo (1815) Napoleon Bonaparte ...