FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Duke of Wellington
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Tennis Court Oath
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Detailed explanation-1: -At Waterloo in Belgium, Napoleon Bonaparte suffers defeat at the hands of the Duke of Wellington, bringing an end to the Napoleonic era of European history. The Corsica-born Napoleon, one of the greatest military strategists in history, rapidly rose in the ranks of the French Revolutionary Army during the late 1790s.
Detailed explanation-2: -Three armies participated in the battle: Napoleon’s Armée du Nord, a multinational army under Wellington, and a Prussian army under General Blücher.
Detailed explanation-3: -Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington, led the Anglo-Allied Army, composed of nearly 70, 000 men from the British Army and the King’s German Legion from Hanover, as well as troops from the Netherlands, Belgium, Brunswick, and Nassau.