USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -“St. Helena. Small Island.” In 1785, when Napoleon Bonaparte was still a student, he scribbled these words on the last page of his geography book. And oh, the irony: 30 years later the deposed French emperor was exiled (and later, died) on this remote British outpost in the Atlantic Ocean.

Detailed explanation-2: -Napoleon was only 51 when he died on the island of St. Helena, where he was out of power and exiled from his beloved France.

Detailed explanation-3: -Napoleon was subsequently exiled to the island of Saint Helena off the coast of Africa. Six years later, he died, most likely of stomach cancer, and in 1840 his body was returned to Paris, where it was interred in the Hotel des Invalides.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yet despite its remoteness, St. Helena is known all over the world for its most famous visitor, who died there 200 years ago. Napoleon Bonaparte – the first emperor of France, and conqueror of much of Europe – died at his home, Longwood House, on May 5, 1821.

Detailed explanation-5: -During his first couple of years on St Helena, Napoleon took regular walks, went riding and spent much of his time reminiscing and dictating his memoirs to his companions.