The Franco-Prussian War didn’t just redraw borders - it ended the Second French Empire and launched the rise of a unified ...

An American war re-enactor earned the job of Napoleon for the 210th anniversary of the battle, despite his accent.

Last Updated on July 14, 2025 by Matt Staff The 1800s were a turning point in the history of firearms. As empires expanded ...

In 1807, Napoleon Bonaparte hoped to follow up his brilliant victories over Austria and Prussia with another decisive victory over the Russians in Poland. But amid freezing winter conditions, his ...

More than 200 years after Napoleon met defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, the bones of soldiers killed on that famous battlefield continue to intrigue Belgian researchers and experts, who use them ...

Potatoes did not become widespread in Prussia, in central and eastern Europe, until after the Napoleonic wars ended in 1815, after Frederick II's death in 1786. The guarded garden story, Luh said, is ...

MORE LETTERS OF NAPOLEON.; Rebuke to Jerome and an Arraignment of a Prussian Prince Now First Published. Give this article July 2, 1897 The New York Times Archives See the article in its original ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's astonishing return to power in France from exile on Elba in 1815 and how ...

Within three weeks in October of 1806, he brought the Prussians to their knees. Defeating the Prussian army at the battles of Jéna and Auerstädt, Napoleon captured 140,000 prisoners and left 25,000 ...