Napoleon Bonaparte, French general and Emperor. Napoleon (1769-1821) From Harmsworth, History of the World, published in London, 1909. Napoleon Bonaparte, French general and Emperor. Napoleon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A diamond jewel owned and abandoned by Napoleon Bonaparte after the Battle of Waterloo will go up for auction for the first time.

Europe is united these days, but opinion about the French emperor and military leader is not. A re-enactment of the epic battle that marked his... 200 Years After Waterloo, Napoleon Still Divides ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." French General Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the world’s greatest military leaders who became the first ...

When the elderly man approached after Bernard Wilkin had given a speech on battlefield bones, it's safe to say that Wilkin was not expecting the man's opening gambit. “You should know that I have ...

An excavation has provided a snapshot into the gruesome aftermath of an epic battle that marked the final defeat of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The dig took place at Mont-Saint-Jean farm in ...

More than 200 years after Napoleon met defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the bones of soldiers killed on that famous battlefield continue to intrigue Belgian researchers and experts, who use them to ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Ceremonies and re-enactments will mark this week's bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo. This is what happened in 1815: "THE 100 DAYS" Exiled on Elba, off Italy, after defeat the ...

Jacques-Louis David's famous painting of Napoleon crossing Saint-Bernard Pass during his 1800 invasion of northern Italy. With Ridley Scott’s new cinematic epic Napoleon hitting theaters on Nov 22, ...

Battle of Waterloo - Napoleon has return from exile, and prepared his armies for war. Nations that opposed him formed the Seventh Coalition and began to mobilize their armies. Out of fear of France ...

A diamond jewel owned and abandoned by Napoleon Bonaparte after the Battle of Waterloo will go up for auction for the first time. The brooch, made of nearly 100 diamonds, was left behind after the ...