360What happened in 1815?
6 moments from 1815 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · 18 June 1815
Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo
On 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, an allied army led by the Duke of Wellington and a Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher defeated Napoleon Bonaparte. It was Napoleon's final battle. He abdicated days later and was exiled to Saint Helena. The defeat ended more than two decades of war in Europe.
- On this day · 18 June 1815
The Battle of Waterloo
On 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, British-led and Prussian armies defeated the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. His defeat ended more than two decades of war in Europe. Napoleon was exiled to the remote island of Saint Helena, where he died in 1821.
- February 1815 · from Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon escapes from Elba
- 22 June 1815 · from Napoleon is defeated at the Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon abdicates
- 1815 · from The 1810s: Waterloo and the year without a summer
Battle of Waterloo; Tambora erupts
- 1815 · from The 1810s: Waterloo and the year without a summer
Congress of Vienna ends