The Monarchy was returned to France after the French Empire under Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo as a result of the Congress of Vienna.
Napoleon was defeated 18 June 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo, marking the end of his 100 day come-back. His defeat at the hands Seventh Coalition, (an Anglo-allied army led by the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under Gen Gebhard von-Blucher) led to the Treaty of Fontainebleau that enabled coalition forces to enter France and restore the previously-deposed French King Louis XV111to the throne and returning Napoleon to exile (from where he died in 1821).
Battle of WaterlooDate 18 June 1815Location Waterloo, present-day Belgium south of BrusselsResult Decisive Coalition victoryIn the Battle of Waterloo (Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo, Belgium) forces of the French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte and Michel Ney were defeated by those of the Seventh Coalition, including a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher and an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington. It was the decisive battle of the Waterloo Campaign and Bonaparte's last. The defeat at Waterloo put an end to Napoleon's rule as the French emperor, and marked the end of Napoleon's Hundred Days of return from exile.Upon Napoleon's return to power in 1815, many states that had opposed him formed the Seventh Coalition and began to mobilise armies. Two large forces under Wellington and von Blücher assembled close to the northeastern border of France. Napoleon chose to attack in the hope of destroying them before they could join in a coordinated invasion of France with other members of the Coalition. The decisive engagement of this three-day Waterloo Campaign (16 June - 19 June 1815) occurred at the Battle of Waterloo. According to Wellington, the battle was "the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life.
Duke of Wellington (England) He was defeated by Wellington, But Wellington would have lost had the Prussians under Blucher not joined the battle, Napoleon needed to keep the 2 opponents apart & defeat them seperately. Marshal Grouchy gets the blame: Had the French won, however, Napoleon would have taken the credit.
The French Army under Napoleon.
The Duke of Wellington, with lots of help from the Prussians under Field Marshal Blucher.
Prussia was an important part of the coalition which defeated Napoleon and occupied Paris in 1814. Prussia provided half the troops which won the Waterloo campaign in 1815, finally defeating Napoleon and once again occupting Paris. Prussia once more beat France in 1870, thus completing the unification of Germany; the German Empire was proclaimed from the Palace of Versailles. Finally, another German Empire under Hitler defeated France in 1940. That seems to make 4 times, though both Prussia and Germany had allies to help them each time.
Persian naval forces were defeated by a Greek naval coalition under the command of the Spartan Admiral Eurybiades.
Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon, was emperor under the name of Napoleon III in 1853.
Napoleon defeated the Austrian Army under General Baron Joseph d'Alvinczy at the battle of Rivoli on Jan. 14-15, 1797.
Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, nephew of Napoleon, was emperor under the name of Napoleon III in 1853.
He was defeated by the Duke of Wellington, But Wellington would have lost had the Prussians under Gebhard von Blucher not joined the battle, Napoleon needed to keep the 2 opponents apart and defeat them separately.