Napoleon I - Exile, St. Helena, Emperor: On October 15, 1815, Napoleon disembarked in St. Helena with those followers who were voluntarily accompanying him into exile: General Henri-Gratien Bertrand, grand marshal of the palace, and his wife; the comte Charles de Montholon, aide-de-camp, and his wife; General Gaspard Gourgaud; Emmanuel Las Cases, the former chamberlain; and several servants. After a short stay at the house of a wealthy English merchant, they moved to Longwood, originally built for the lieutenant governor. Napoleon settled down to a life of routine. He got up late, breakfasting about 10:00 am, but seldom went out. He was free to go anywhere on
Napoleon I - Defeat, Exile, Abdication: In January 1814 France was being attacked on all its frontiers. The allies cleverly announced that they were fighting not against the French people but against Napoleon alone, since in November 1813 he had rejected the terms offered by the Austrian foreign minister Klemens, Fürst (prince) von Metternich, which would have preserved the natural frontiers of France. The extraordinary strategic feats achieved by the emperor during the first three months of 1814 with the army of young conscripts were not enough; he could neither defeat the allies, with their overwhelming numerical superiority, nor arouse the majority of the French people
Napoleon I, French in full Napoléon Bonaparte, original Italian Napoleone Buonaparte, byname the Corsican or the Little Corporal, French byname Le Corse or Le Petit Caporal, (born August 15, 1769, Ajaccio, Corsica died May 5, 1821, St. Helena Island), French general, first consul (1799–1804), and emperor of the French (1804–1814/15), one of the most celebrated personages in the history of the West. He revolutionized military organization and training; sponsored the Napoleonic Code, the prototype of later civil-law codes; reorganized education; and established the long-lived Concordat with the papacy. Napoleon’s many reforms left a lasting mark on the institutions of France and
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By Xinhua Published: May 06, 2021 10:29 AM
The book on the exile of Napoleon Bonaparte in Saint-Helena is displayed at the exhibition entitled Napoleon: from Waterloo to Saint-Helena, the birth of the legend at the Waterloo 1815 Memorial in Braine-l Alleud, Belgium, on May 5, 2021. The Waterloo 1815 Memorial held the exhibition on the occasion of the bicentenary of Napoleon I s death, with more than a hundred authentic pieces displayed.(Photo: Xinhua)
A flintlock pistol is displayed at the exhibition entitled Napoleon: from Waterloo to Saint-Helena, the birth of the legend at the Waterloo 1815 Memorial in Braine-l Alleud, Belgium, on May 5, 2021. The Waterloo 1815 Memorial held the exhibition on the occasion of the bicentenary of Napoleon I s death, with more than a hundred authentic pieces displayed.(Photo: Xinhua)
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