USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A few days after his humiliating rout at Waterloo, on June 22, 1815, Napoleon once again abdicated the throne of France. That October, he was exiled to the remote, British-held island of Saint Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleon’s life on St Helena was governed by a mass of restrictive regulations, all enforced by Lowe. He was denied newspapers, subjected to a curfew, watched all the time and heavily guarded, with 125 men stationed around Longwood in the day and 72 at night. He was, in effect, under house arrest.

Detailed explanation-3: -On April 11, 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history, abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. The future emperor was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, on August 15, 1769.

Detailed explanation-4: -To discover three paintings telling the story of Napoleon’s second and final exile click here. On 18 June 1815 Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo in Belgium by the British and Prussian Allied armies. Back in Paris, on 22 June he abdicated in favour of his only son aged four.

Detailed explanation-5: -On February 26, 1815, Napoleon managed to sneak past his guards and somehow escape from Elba, slip past interception by a British ship, and return to France.