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1. Waterloo

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   The Battle of Waterloo was a decisive engagement fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium. It marked the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, ending the period known as the Hundred Days following his escape from exile on Elba. The battle pitted the French Armée du Nord against a coalition force composed of Anglo-Allied troops under the command of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington and a Prussian army led by [Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher](/entries/gebha…