Napoleon made a bold return from exile in 1815 only to lose his last shot at empire in a crushing defeat delivered by the Duke of Wellington and the combined forces of Europe.

An American war re-enactor earned the job of Napoleon for the 210th anniversary of the battle, despite his accent.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's astonishing return to power in France from exile on Elba in 1815 and how ...

This cartoon was published in August 1815, just months after the two men defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Print By Pierre Lacroix, The Trustees of the British Museum ...

On Feb. 26, 1815, exiled Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from the island of Elba to begin his second conquest of France. In 1846 frontiersman-turned-showman William Frederick Cody, better known as ...

This week the world will mark the bicentenary of the mother of all battles, Waterloo. On June 18, 1815, the destiny of Europe, and much of the rest of the world, was hashed out.

The episode lasted a hundred days, and ended with his final defeat, at Waterloo, in June of 1815. The enduring fascination with Napoleon echoes, in many ways, the emotional reactions he elicited ...

Napoleon Bonaparte’s Waterloo army was the last he would ever lead into combat. Returning from exile in March 1815 to a country riven by factionalism and exhausted by two decades of almost unremitting ...

Napoleon wore the hat as he returned from the island of Elba in 1815. Napoleon, who was exiled to the island in 1814, escaped and returned to France a year later, becoming emperor again.

In 1812, Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte of France was considered unstoppable. The weather did not get the memo and he slunk out of a Russian winter, defeated. Three years later, he again attempted to ...

On Feb. 26, 1815, exiled Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from the island of Elba. In 1846 William Frederick Cody, better known as “Buffalo Bill,” was born in Scott County, Iowa. In 1870 the … ...