Battle of Waterloo - Wikipedia The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (then in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars The French Imperial Army under the command of Napoleon I was defeated by two armies of the Seventh Coalition
Battle of Waterloo | Combatants, Maps, Facts | Britannica The Battle of Waterloo marked the final defeat of Napoleon On June 22, 1815, four days after losing the conflict, Napoleon abdicated as emperor of France for the second and last time and was later exiled to St Helena
Battle of Waterloo - World History Encyclopedia The Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) was the last major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), fought by a French army under Emperor Napoleon I (r 1804-1814; 1815) against two armies of the Seventh Coalition
Battle of Waterloo: Napoleon Duke of Wellington | HISTORY The Battle of Waterloo, in which Napoleon’s forces were defeated by the Prussians and the British (led by the Duke of Wellington), marked the end of his reign and of France’s domination in Europe
Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815): The Final Defeat of Napoleon Battle of Waterloo – history, duration, commanders, casualties, and significance The date was June 18, 1815 and Napoleon Bonaparte had one last chance to secure France as Europe’s dominant power against Britain and the Seventh Coalition and possibly bring an end to the Napoleonic Wars
Battle of Waterloo - National Army Museum Waterloo ended the wars that had convulsed Europe since the French Revolution (1789-99) It also ended France’s attempts, whether under Louis XIV or Napoleon, to dominate the continent
History of the Battle of Waterloo: The Battle On Sunday 18th June 1815, near the village of Waterloo just south of Brussels, three armies converged to fight one of the most decisive battles in European history
Battle of Waterloo 1815 - WorldAtlas France incurred the wrath of over 6 nations, each of which had personal stakes in this clash that took place on June 18 of 1815 Time and time again, coalitions had risen to challenge the increasing expansion of the newfound French Empire only to be overwhelmed with humiliating and costly defeats
Waterloo campaign order of battle - Wikipedia On 18 June 1815, at the battle of Waterloo, effective field commander of all the French forces present, minus those engaged at Plancenoit (VI Corps and elements of the Guard)
The Decisive Battle of Waterloo: Significance and Legacy Waterloo marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars and over two decades of conflict that had started with the French Revolution in 1789 France lost the territorial gains it had made under Napoleon and was reduced to its 1790 boundaries