Hundred Days

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The Hundred Days was the brief 1815 period between Napoleon Bonaparte’s return from exile and his final defeat at Waterloo, marking the last phase of the Napoleonic Wars.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic era event
historical period
alsoKnownAs Les Cent-Jours
Hundred Days
surface form: "The Hundred Days"
context Congress of Vienna
countryInvolved France
endEvent Louis XVIII's return to Paris on 8 July 1815
followedBy Napoleon's exile to Saint Helena
Napoleon's second abdication
Second Bourbon Restoration
follows First Bourbon Restoration
hasApproximateDuration about 110 days
hasEndDate 1815-07-08
hasStartDate 1815-03-20
historicalSignificance confirmed the post-Napoleonic settlement in Europe
ended the First French Empire
War of the Seventh Coalition
surface form: "marked the final phase of the Napoleonic Wars"
keyLeaderOnCoalitionSide Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
surface form: "Duke of Wellington"

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
keyLeaderOnFrenchSide Napoleon Bonaparte
surface form: "Napoleon I of France"
legalInstrument Acte additionnel aux constitutions de l'Empire
location Belgium
France
mainParticipant Louis XVIII of France
surface form: "Louis XVIII"

Napoleon Bonaparte
War of the Seventh Coalition
surface form: "Seventh Coalition"
militaryOutcome decisive defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo
opponent Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: "Austrian Empire"

Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg
surface form: "Kingdom of Hanover"

Kingdom of Naples
Prussia
surface form: "Kingdom of Prussia"

Kingdom of Sardinia
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Russian Empire
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
partOf Napoleonic Wars
politicalOutcome final end of Napoleonic rule in France
restoration of Bourbon monarchy in France
precededBy Napoleon's exile on Elba
significantBattle Battle of Ligny
Battle of Quatre Bras
Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Wavre
startEvent Napoleon's entry into Paris on 20 March 1815
Napoleon's landing in France from Elba
triggered formation of the Seventh Coalition

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hundred Days alsoKnownAs Hundred Days
this entity surface form: "The Hundred Days"
this entity surface form: "Hundred Days campaign"
Battle of Ligny conflictIn Hundred Days
First French Empire followedBy Hundred Days
Second Bourbon Restoration follows Hundred Days
Les Cent-Jours hasName Hundred Days
Napoleonic era hasPart Hundred Days
this entity surface form: "Hundred Days (1815)"
Napoleonic Wars keyEvent Hundred Days
Battle of Quatre Bras partOf Hundred Days
Battle of Wavre partOf Hundred Days
this entity surface form: "Hundred Days campaign"
Waterloo Campaign result Hundred Days
this entity surface form: "end of the Hundred Days"