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“The death of Napoleon” (1828) by Charles de Steuben. The Napoleon Museum, Arenenberg Palace, Switzerland.
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Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 5, 1821, on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena. To the British, Dutch, and Prussian coalition who had exiled him there in 1815, he was a despot, but to France, he was seen as a devotee of the Enlightenment.
In the decade following his demise, Napoleon’s image underwent a transformation in France. The monarchy had been restored, but by the late 1820s, it was growing unpopular. King Charles X was seen as a threat to the civil liberties established during the Napoleonic era. This mistrust revived Napoleon’s reputation and put him in a more heroic light. (
St Helena commemorates the Bicentenary of Napoleon on 5 May 2021
April 28, 2021
Napoleon was exiled to St Helena in 1815 after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon was brought to St Helena in October 1815 and lodged at Longwood, where he died in May 1821
May 5, 2021 marks the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte – an important date for St Helena, the second most remote inhabited island in the world, located in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean. Having been exiled to St Helena in 1815 after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the famous military general and emperor of France, Napoleon lived on the island until he died in 1821 at the age of 51.
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