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As the honorary French consul on the British island of St. Helena, he oversees Longwood House, Napoleon Bonaparte’s home in exile from 1815 to 1821, the last years of his life. Dancoisne ...
Prior to his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the French ruler gave the saber to one of his most trusted generals, ...
The island is named after Portuguese explorer Tristão da Cunha, who originally discovered the archipelago of volcanic islands ...
On May 5th in 1821, French military leader Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile on the remote island of Saint Helena. But years ...
KAUFFMANN: No one escapes from St. Helena. This far-away island, this isolated piece of rock, beaten by the winds, sinister. When Napoleon sees this fortress for the first time, he understands ...
Born on the island of Corsica in 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte came to prominence as a brilliant military commander during the ...
Napoleon commissioned the sword, filled with classical motifs, after being elected as consul for life by the senate in 1802.
1821: Napoleon Bonaparte, 51, died in exile on the island of St. Helena. 1862: Mexican troops repelled French attacks on the city of Puebla de los ?ngeles in ...
In 2019, Thailand crowned a new king for the first time in nearly 70 decades -- Maha Vajiralongkorn. In 2022, President Joe ...
On May 5th in 1821, French military leader Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile on the remote island of Saint Helena. But years before his death, there were reported plans to smuggle the deposed ...