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  • Vienna, Austria
    Jun, 1815
    Unification of Italy

    The Congress of Vienna restored the pre-Napoleonic patchwork of independent governments

    Vienna, Austria
    Jun, 1815

    After Napoleon fell, the Congress of Vienna restored the pre-Napoleonic patchwork of independent governments. Italy was again controlled largely by the Austrian Empire and the Habsburgs, as they directly controlled the predominantly Italian-speaking northeastern part of Italy and were, together, the most powerful force against unification.




  • Waterloo (Present Day Waterloo, Belgium)
    Sunday Jun 18, 1815
    Napoleon

    Battle of Waterloo

    Waterloo (Present Day Waterloo, Belgium)
    Sunday Jun 18, 1815

    Napoleon's forces fought two Coalition armies, commanded by the British Duke of Wellington and the Prussian Prince Blücher, at the Battle of Waterloo on 18 June 1815. Wellington's army withstood repeated attacks by the French and drove them from the field while the Prussians arrived in force and broke through Napoleon's right flank.




  • Paris, France
    Thursday Jun 22, 1815
    Napoleon

    Napoleon abdicated on 22 June in favor of his son

    Paris, France
    Thursday Jun 22, 1815

    Napoleon returned to Paris and found that both the legislature and the people had turned against him. Realizing his position was untenable, he abdicated on 22 June in favor of his son.




  • Paris, France
    Thursday Jun 29, 1815
    Napoleon

    Coalition forces swept through Paris

    Paris, France
    Thursday Jun 29, 1815

    Napoleon left Paris three days later and settled at Josephine's former palace in Malmaison (on the western bank of the Seine about 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of Paris). Even as Napoleon traveled to Paris, the Coalition forces swept through France (arriving in the vicinity of Paris on 29 June), with the stated intent of restoring Louis XVIII to the French throne.




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