Waterloo Campaign

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Napoleonic campaign military campaign

The Waterloo Campaign was Napoleon Bonaparte’s final military campaign in 1815, culminating in his decisive defeat at the Battle of Waterloo and the end of his rule.

Aliases (2)

Waterloo campaign ×2
French invasion of Belgium (1815) ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Napoleonic campaign → military campaign →
belligerent	Anglo-allied army under Wellington → France under Napoleon I → Prussian army under Blücher →
cause	Napoleon’s escape from exile on Elba → formation of the Seventh Coalition against Napoleon →
commander	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington → Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher → Napoleon Bonaparte →
conflict	Napoleonic Wars →
countryInvolved	Duchy of Brunswick → French Empire → Kingdom of Hanover → Kingdom of Prussia → Kingdom of the Netherlands → Nassau → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
endDate	1815-07-08 →
endedBy	Battle of Waterloo →
followedBy	Second Bourbon Restoration → occupation of France by the Seventh Coalition →
hasPart	Battle of Ligny → Battle of Quatre Bras → Battle of Waterloo → Battle of Wavre → French invasion of Belgium (1815) → retreat of the French army (1815) →
historicalContext	post-Napoleonic settlement after the Congress of Vienna →
historicalPeriod	19th century →
location	Belgium → United Kingdom of the Netherlands → present-day Belgium →
notableEvent	Napoleon’s final battlefield defeat at Waterloo →
objective	defeat the Coalition armies in Belgium before they could fully unite →
opponent	Seventh Coalition →
partOf	Napoleonic Wars → War of the Seventh Coalition →
precededBy	Hundred Days return of Napoleon →
result	abdication of Napoleon → decisive defeat of Napoleon → end of Napoleonic rule in France → end of the Hundred Days → restoration of Louis XVIII to the French throne →
significance	marked the definitive end of the Napoleonic Wars → reshaped the political order of Europe in the 19th century →
startDate	1815-06-15 →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Ligny ("Waterloo campaign") → Battle of Quatre Bras → Battle of Wavre ("Waterloo campaign") →	partOf
War of the Seventh Coalition →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of Waterloo →	campaign
15th Hussars →	conflict
Waterloo Campaign ("French invasion of Belgium (1815)") →	hasPart