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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.
On 16 March 1815 Louis XVIII addressed a meeting of both chambers, appealing to them to defend the constitutional charter. [3] On the night of 19–20 March the king left his palace for Ghent in Belgium. Napoleon entered Paris on 20 March. [4] He announced his ministers that day. [5]
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 ...
1815: 21 January: The transfer of the coffins of King Louis XVI of France and his wife, Marie Antoinette, to the church St. Denis in Paris. 26 February: Hundred Days: Napoleon escapes from Elba. 7 March: Hundred Days: Napoleon greeted by the 5th Regiment at Grenoble after his escape from Elba. 18 June
March 20: Napoleon arrives in Paris; Beginning of the Hundred Days. June 16: Battle of Ligny; June 18: Napoleon is defeated in the Battle of Waterloo; June 28: Second restoration of Louis XVIII; October 16: Napoleon is exiled to Saint Helena; November 20: Treaty of Paris (1815) 1821. May 5: Napoleon dies
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.
1 March - Napoleon lands at Antibes. 20 March - Napoleon arrives back in Paris, ending the First Restoration of Louis XVIII of France. 22 April - Constitutional Referendum held. 22 April - Charter of 1815 signed bringing in a new French constitution. 1 May - Explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville marries Adèle Dumont D'Urville (née Pepin) in Toulon. [6]