EXCLUSIVE: Historians fear developers could turn the site into modern flats erasing the legacy of a battle that shaped the ...

But they’re wrong. And so is Bern! Although the government, parliament, the Federal Chancellery and much of the federal ...

Queen of Naples, Spain and the West Indies, and sister-in-law to Napoleon Bonaparte, she perished in Florence in 1845.

Under the Sun“ A monthly column of random, historical vignettes... The post Putin & Napoleon: A True Story of Overreach, Hubris, and the Contemptible Betrayal of Paupers Passing Themselves off as ...

Responding, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that some people had forgotten what happened to Napoleon Bonaparte. He was referring to the French emperor who invaded the Russian Empire in 1812 ...

With the bicentenary of Waterloo fast approaching in 2015, it seems a suitable time to reassess the lives and careers of the opposing generals, the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon Bonaparte. These two ...

On February 26, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte leaves Elba and returns to France. A year earlier, the emperor was forced to sign an abdication. He was given the island of Elba as his personal possession ...

In February 2025 social media posts, U.S. President Donald Trump shared this quote usually attributed to French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte: "He who saves his Country does not violate any Law." ...

On March 1, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte, the French Emperor who had been defeated a year earlier, returned to France after a year of exile. Historian John Schmidt recalls this moment in history which ...