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1. History of France

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   | Consulate/Empire | 1799–1815 | Napoleonic Wars; Code Napoleon |
   Napoleon Bonaparte, initially a successful military commander, seized power in 1799 and declared himself Emperor in 1804. His administrative reforms, particularly the Napoleonic Code, standardized French law and influenced legal systems across Europe for centuries. Militarily, Napoleon expanded French territory to unprecedented extent but ultimately overextended, particularly in the catastrophic Russian Campaign of 1812.[12] His defeat and …

2. 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…