As the honorary French consul on the British island of St. Helena, he oversees Longwood House, Napoleon Bonaparte’s home in exile from 1815 to 1821, the last years of his life. Dancoisne ...

On May 5th in 1821, French military leader Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile on the remote island of Saint Helena. But years ...

Prior to his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the French ruler gave the saber to one of his most trusted generals, ...

Born on the island of Corsica in 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte came to prominence as a brilliant military commander during the ...

In 2019, Thailand crowned a new king for the first time in nearly 70 decades -- Maha Vajiralongkorn. In 2022, President Joe ...

The island is named after Portuguese explorer Tristão da Cunha, who originally discovered the archipelago of volcanic islands ...

While in exile on the island of Saint Helena, Napoleon remarked to a loyal follower, “What a novel my life has been!” ...

the Governor of St Helena. Napoleon was banished to the remote south Atlantic outpost in 1815 after his devastating defeat at Waterloo. Colonel Wynyard, who came to the island in 1816, seemingly ...

Napoleon commissioned the sword, filled with classical motifs, after being elected as consul for life by the senate in 1802.

May 5 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte died in exile on the island of St. Helena. In 1847, the American Medical Association was founded in Philadelphia. In 1862 ...

May 5th has been a date marked by pivotal moments across centuries, continents, and fields, shaping the course of history in ...