Napoleon Bonaparte, France’s famed military commander and emperor, formally gave up his throne. Under the Treaty of ...

1814: Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of the French and was banished to the island of Elba. (Napoleon later escaped from Elba and returned to power in ...

A group of sworn Napoleon supporters decide to inform the emperor of the plans for his release from captivity on Elba. They send a messenger off to the island, but because one of the conspirators ...

Today is Friday, April 11, the 101st day of 2025. There are 264 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 11, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Army troops liberated the Buchenwald Nazi ...

In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) escaped from his exile on the island of Elba and headed to Paris with his troops. When he landed on the French mainland, a French newspaper referred to him ...