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Napoleon's case
A flash in the pan-the collapse, defeat, exile, hundred-day regime and Waterloo of Napoleon's empire.

18 13 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Russia, Prussia and the Austrian Empire formed the sixth anti-French alliance, and the two sides fought fiercely in Germany many times. Although the French army won many victories, Napoleon was under increasing pressure. Until the battle of Leipzig in 10, the French army was defeated, the vassal state became independent from France, and the allies began to advance to Paris. 1865438+March 3 1, in 2004, Paris was occupied, the allies demanded the unconditional surrender of France, and Napoleon had to abdicate. 181April 13 Napoleon signed the abdication edict at Fontainebleau Palace in Paris, and two days later Napoleon announced his unconditional surrender. Napoleon himself was exiled to the Mediterranean island of Elba after he abdicated. Napoleon retained the title of "Emperor", but his territory was limited to that small island.

Napoleon was almost assassinated on his way to the island of Elba and tried to commit suicide. Louis Stanislas Xavier returned to Paris, became the French king again, and the Bourbon Dynasty was restored. Napoleon's wife and son lived in the royal family of the Austrian Empire, and it was rumored that Napoleon would be exiled to an island in the Atlantic Ocean. All this left Napoleon with no choice. Finally, he escaped from the island on February 26th 18 15, and led 1000 people back to France on March 6th 1000. The French army sent to stop him continued to support Napoleon. On March 20th, Napoleon returned to Paris. By this time, his regular army10.4 million people, volunteers 200 thousand people. Louis Stanislas Xavier escaped and the Hundred Days Dynasty began.

However, the good times did not last long, and European countries quickly formed the seventh anti-French alliance. 18 15 June 18 Napoleon's army collapsed in the Battle of Waterloo, and he formally surrendered in July 15. The First Empire of France fell, and Louis Stanislas Xavier was restored again. Napoleon was exiled to St. Helena. 1821May 5, Napoleon died on the island, and the conqueror was buried by the Tolbert spring on St. Helena with a salute. Today, there are still different opinions about the cause of Napoleon's death. The autopsy report of a doctor in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland shows that he died of a severe gastric ulcer, but new research suggests that Napoleon died of arsenic poisoning. Historians also found arsenic-containing minerals from the wallpaper loved by nobles in those days, presumably because the environment was humid and arsenic infiltrated into the environment.

Nine years after his death, under the pressure of the people, the New Orleans dynasty erected a statue of Napoleon on the pillar of Vendom. 1840, Louis-Philippe of the July Dynasty of the French Kingdom sent his son to retrieve Napoleon's body. 186 1 year, buried in the retirement home of the old disabled soldiers on the banks of the Seine (namely the Honorary Military Hospital).