Exile of Napoleon Bonaparte

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The Exile of Napoleon Bonaparte refers to his final banishment by the British to the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, where he lived under close supervision until his death in 1821.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
political exile
arrivalDate 1815-10-15
arrivalPoint Jamestown, Saint Helena
burialPlaceAtTime Valley of the Geraniums, Saint Helena
departurePoint Plymouth, England
endTime 1821-05-05
follows Abdication of Napoleon in 1815
Battle of Waterloo
hasAllegedCauseOfDeath stomach cancer
hasAlternativeDeathTheory arsenic poisoning
hasAssociatedPerson Bertrand family
Dr. Barry O’Meara
Dr. Francesco Antommarchi
Emmanuel de Las Cases
Gaspard Gourgaud NERFINISHED
Montholon family
hasAssociatedWork Napoleon’s memoirs dictated to Emmanuel de Las Cases
hasCause Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo
Napoleon’s second abdication
hasCondition limited visitors
restricted correspondence
strict surveillance
hasInternationalContext European balance of power after 1815
hasLanguageContext French history
hasLegalStatus prisoner of war
state prisoner
hasLocation Saint Helena
South Atlantic Ocean
hasPerpetrator United Kingdom NERFINISHED
hasPreviousExile First exile of Napoleon to Elba
hasResidence Longwood House
hasSubject Napoleon Bonaparte NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod post-Napoleonic era
imposedBy British government
Prince Regent George (future George IV)
includesEvent Napoleon’s death on Saint Helena
Napoleon’s declining health
Napoleon’s dictation of his memoirs
laterRelatedEvent Entombment at Les Invalides, Paris
Return of Napoleon’s remains to France in 1840
monitoredBy British garrison on Saint Helena
Royal Navy patrols
partOf Napoleonic Wars aftermath
resultsIn Death of Napoleon Bonaparte
End of Napoleonic political influence in Europe
startTime 1815-10-15
supervisedBy Sir Hudson Lowe
transportedBy HMS Northumberland NERFINISHED

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Les Cent-Jours ("Napoleon's exile to Saint Helena")
followedByEvent
Longwood House
significantEvent

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