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 ...

In February 1815, Napoleon escaped from Elba in the Mediterranean and landed on the coast of France on March 1. From there, French support grew. Looking on with great concern, the British ...

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 ...

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 ...

On 1 March, something extraordinary happened on the south coast of France. Napoleon – who had escaped from Elba on the brig Inconstant – landed in the seaside village of Golfe-Juan, between Cannes and ...