WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -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-3: -“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-4: -He escaped from the island the next year, only to be defeated at Waterloo. This time, his enemies wanted to incarcerate him in a place from which he could definitely not escape. They chose St Helena. This island of 47 square miles lies in the South Atlantic Ocean, some 1, 200 miles from the nearest land.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.