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Napoleon's Return from Elba (French: Retour de Napoleon d' Isle d'Elbe) is an 1818 history painting by the German-born French artist Charles de Steuben. [1] [2] It depicts the scene at Laffrey near Grenoble on 7 March 1815 when Napoleon, having escaped from Elba, is acclaimed by the men of the 7th Regiment of the Line.
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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).
Napoleon leaving Elba on 26 February 1815. On 26 February 1815, after ruling Elba for nearly 10 months, Napoleon escaped from the island and landed in southern France to retake power, beginning the War of the Seventh Coalition. After his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon was transported by Britain to the island of Saint Helena where he ...
The Route Napoléon is the route taken by Napoleon I in 1815 on his return from Elba. It is now concurrent with sections of routes N85, D1085, D4085, and D6085. The route begins at Golfe-Juan , where Napoleon disembarked on 1 March 1815, beginning the Hundred Days that ended at Waterloo .
Almost a year after his first abdication, Napoleon left from exile on Elba and landed on the mainland near Cannes on 1 March 1815. [1] He traveled north, with supporters flocking to his cause. [2] On 16 March 1815 Louis XVIII addressed a meeting of both chambers, appealing to them to defend the constitutional charter. [3]
On 26 February 1815, Napoleon used Inconstant to escape from exile in Elba. [1] [14] Between 26 February and 1 March 1815 she ferried Napoleon and his generals between Elba and Golfe Juan. After Napoleon's defeat in the Hundred Days, the French navy reintegrated Inconstant in March 1815. Dryade escorted her to Toulon on 24 May. [1]
The war between France and the Seventh Coalition came when the other European Great Powers refused to recognise Napoleon as Emperor of the French upon his return from exile on the island of Elba, and declared war on him, rather than France, as they still recognised Louis XVIII as the king of France and considered Napoleon a usurper.