Waterloo

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municipality town

Waterloo is a town in present-day Belgium best known as the site of Napoleon Bonaparte’s decisive defeat in 1815, which ended the Napoleonic Wars and reshaped European politics.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality → town →
battleBelligerent	French Empire → Seventh Coalition →
battleCommander	Duke of Wellington → Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher → Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED →
battleDate	18 June 1815 →
battleName	Battle of Waterloo →
battleResult	decisive defeat of Napoleon →
coordinateLocation	50.7167°N 4.4000°E →
country	Belgium →
elevation	about 120 metres above sea level →
hasHeritageSite	Church of Saint Joseph of Waterloo → Hougoumont farm → La Haye Sainte farm → Lion's Mound → Wellington Museum →
hasLanguage	French →
hasMinorityLanguage	Dutch →
hasTwinTown	Berkhamsted → Châteauguay → Marly-le-Roi → Nagakute → Nouaceur → Rambouillet →
historicalImpact	end of First French Empire → reshaping of European political order at Congress of Vienna → restoration of Bourbon monarchy in France →
historicalPeriod	Napoleonic Wars →
knownFor	Battle of Waterloo → defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte → end of Napoleonic Wars →
locatedIn	Belgian Brabant historical region → Brabant plateau → Wallonia NERFINISHED → Walloon Brabant NERFINISHED →
locatedNear	Brussels →
nearbyCity	Braine-l'Alleud NERFINISHED → La Hulpe NERFINISHED → Lasne →
partOf	Kingdom of Belgium →
postalCode	1410 →
regionType	suburban area of Brussels →
timeZone	Central European Summer Time → Central European Time →
transport	Waterloo railway station →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
6th Regiment of Foot → Coldstream Guards → Grenadier Guards → King's Own Scottish Borderers → Royal Scots Dragoon Guards → Scots Guards →	battleHonour
Hougoumont farm ("Waterloo battlefield") → La Haye Sainte ("Waterloo battlefield") → Lion’s Mound ("Waterloo town") →	locatedNear
ABBA → Björn Ulvaeus → Rod Steiger →	notableWork
Hougoumont farm ("Waterloo battlefield") → La Haye Sainte ("Waterloo battlefield") → Papelotte farm ("Waterloo battlefield") →	partOf
Blues and Royals → Life Guards →	battleHonoursInclude
Hougoumont farm → King’s College London ("Waterloo, London") →	locatedIn
Royal Scots →	battleHonours
La Hulpe →	borderedBy
Honey, Honey →	followsSingle
Waterloo, Ontario →	foundedAs
Battle of Waterloo →	location
Lion’s Mound ("Waterloo battlefield") →	offersViewOf
Honey, Honey →	partOfAlbum
ABBA →	releasedAlbum
Harry Bright →	singsSong
ABBA →	winningSong