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.

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.

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 ...

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" will hit theaters Nov. 22 in time for Thanksgiving weekend. ... When he returned to power in 1815, it was only to experience another crushing defeat at the famous Battle of Waterloo.

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 ...

As the honorary French consul on the British island of St. Helena, he oversees Longwood House, Napoleon Bonaparte’s home in exile from 1815 to 1821, the last years of his life.

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 … ...