In 1815, eight miles south of Brussels, two of history's greatest generals met in battle for the first and only time: Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, and the Duke of Wellington. The result ...

In June 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte led 685,000 men—the largest army ever assembled in European history—across the Niemen River ...

In one minute, we follow Napoleon’s meteoric rise and the wars that reshaped Europe. Using Google Earth, we trace his victories from Austerlitz to Jena, the costly invasion of Russia, and his final ...

Sotheby's did not disclose the identity of the seller of the brooch, and said that the buyer was a "private collector." ...

The diamond-encrusted jewel, which the 19th-century French emperor wore on his hat, was lost along with other valuables as he ...

A diamond brooch that French emperor Napoleon was said to have lost while fleeing from the Battle of Waterloo in the early ...