Waterloo Campaign
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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.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Waterloo campaign | 29 |
| Waterloo Campaign canonical | 12 |
| French invasion of Belgium (1815) | 1 |
| Napoleon’s 1815 offensive into Belgium | 1 |
| Waterloo campaign theater | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Napoleonic campaign
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military campaign ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Anglo-allied army under Wellington
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First French Empire ⓘ
surface form:
France under Napoleon I
Prussian Army ⓘ
surface form:
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-Lüneburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Duchy of Brunswick
First French Empire ⓘ
surface form:
French Empire
Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Hanover
Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ Waterloo Campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
War of the Seventh Coalition
ⓘ
surface form:
Seventh Coalition
|
| partOf |
Napoleonic Wars
ⓘ
War of the Seventh Coalition ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Napoleon’s return from Elba
ⓘ
surface form:
Hundred Days return of Napoleon
|
| result |
abdication of Napoleon
ⓘ
decisive defeat of Napoleon ⓘ end of Napoleonic rule in France ⓘ Hundred Days ⓘ
surface form:
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 ⓘ |
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