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Period 4

//** The Hundred Days and the Battle of Waterloo. **//



The Hundred Days took place between  March 1 and June 18th, 1815. Napoleon was exiled from France to an small island because he grew  too powerful and tried to control  all of Europe. Napoleon came back with over a thousand men, to take power. King Louis XVIII's army joined Napoleon. Napoleon then became Emperor of France.

On June 18th in Waterloo, after a delayed battle, The British and Prussian army defeated Napoleon  and exiled him to an island in the South Atlantic  where he eventually died from cancer. They did not execute Napoleon because he was a respected figure, and his death  would make him a martyr. Napoleon and Waterloo