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The Hundred Days (French: les Cent-Jours IPA: [le sɑ̃ ʒuʁ]), [3] also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition (French: Guerre de la Septième Coalition), marked the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 (a period of 110 days).
The Treaty of Paris of 1815, also known as the Second Treaty of Paris, was signed on 20 November 1815, after the defeat and the second abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte. In February, Napoleon had escaped from his exile on Elba, entered Paris on 20 March and began the Hundred Days of his restored rule.
March 30–31: Battle of Paris; April 4: Napoleon abdicates his rule and Louis XVIII, a Bourbon, is restored to the French throne; April 11: Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814) Napoleon agrees to exile in Elba, the allies agree to pay his family a pension; April 14: Battle of Bayonne; May 4: Napoleon is exiled to Elba; his wife and son take refuge ...
March 20 is the 79th day of the year (80th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 286 days remain until the end of the ... 1815 – After escaping from Elba, ...
Events from the year 1815 in the United Kingdom. 1815 marks the end of years of war between the United Kingdom and France when the Duke of Wellington wins a decisive victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. Fighting in the War of 1812 between the UK and the United States also ceases, peace terms having been agreed at the end of 1814.
17 March: Spain defeats France Battle of Braga: 20 March: France defeats Portugal Battle of Miajadas: 21 March: Spain defeats France Battle of Los Yébenes: 24 March: Army of the Duchy of Warsaw successfully withdraws from Spanish Army: Battle of Ciudad Real: 27 March: French forces under General Sabastiani defeat Spanish Army commanded by ...
1815 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1815th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 815th year of the 2nd millennium, the 15th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the 1810s decade. As of the start of 1815, the ...
Charles W. Elliott. Some Unpublished Letters of a Roving Soldier-Diplomat: General Winfield Scott's Reports to Secretary of State James Monroe, on conditions in France and England in 1815–1816. The Journal of the American Military History Foundation, Vol. 1, No. 4 (Winter, 1937–1938), pp. 165–173; William Bell Wait. Richardson's 'O. K ...