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The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time 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 .
Waterloo most commonly refers to: Battle of Waterloo, 1815 battle where Napoleon's French army was defeated by Anglo-allied and Prussian forces; Waterloo, Belgium;
Waterloo is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario.It is one of three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo (formerly Waterloo County).Waterloo is situated about 94 km (58 mi) west-southwest of Toronto, but it is not considered to be part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
Between 17 and 19 June 1815, in command of the Right Wing: III Corps (minus the Domon's cavalry division, present at the battle of Waterloo), IV Corps, I Cavalry Corps (minus the division of Subervie present at the battle of Waterloo, but with the Teste infantry division attached to it), II Cavalry Corps.
The Waterloo campaign (15 June – 8 July 1815) was fought between the French Army of the North and two Seventh Coalition armies, an Anglo-allied army and a Prussian army. Initially the French army had been commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte , but he left for Paris after the French defeat at the Battle of Waterloo .
Waterloo is a provincial electoral district in the Waterloo Region of Ontario, Canada that is represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. [1] Geography
The erection of the Lion's Mound, 1825. Engraving by Jobard, after a Bertrand drawing. [a]The Lion's Mound was designed by the royal architect Charles Vander Straeten, at the behest of King William I of the Netherlands, who wished to commemorate the location on the battlefield of Waterloo where a musket ball hit the shoulder of his elder son, King William II of the Netherlands (then Prince of ...
Waterloo is a city in and county seat of Monroe County, Illinois, United States. The population was 11,013 at the 2020 census, [3] up from 9,811 in 2010. [4] Geography