Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) escaped from his exile on the island of Elba and headed to Paris with his troops.

Napoleon was a quotable kind of guy - bon ... then exiled to the Mediterranean island of Elba. He escaped from there and raised an army, but was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by a combined ...

Also on this date: In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the Island of Elba, sailing back to France in a bid to regain power. In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson signed an act making the ...

(“Did Napoleon escape Elba via a rip in the time-space continuum? Nah, probably not. Ooookay…. just 95 more pages to fill…”) Right now, I’m accumulating bookazines more than actually ...

Undoubtedly one of Britain’s greatest heroes, Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington, is known mainly for his victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, which ended over seven ...

which held that the earth revolved around the sun, instead of the other way around. In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the Island of Elba and headed back to France in a bid to regain ...