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1815 in France
- Battle of Quatre BrasOn the 15th of June 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte crossed into what is now Belgium without alerting Coalition leaders. He intended to drive a wedge between two…
- Chamber of Representatives (France)The Chamber of Representatives emerged under the Charter of 1815 as a new popularly elected lower body for France. Six hundred twenty-nine members served…
- Battle of LignyOn the 13th of March 1815, six days before Napoleon reached Paris, the powers at the Congress of Vienna declared him an outlaw.
- Hundred DaysOn the 1st of March 1815, a tiny fleet slipped away from Portoferraio. The brig Inconstant carried some 1,000 men toward the French coast.
- Route NapoléonNapoleon I stepped onto the soil of France on the 1st of March 1815. He had escaped from his exile on the island of Elba just days before.