It was actually fought in Belgium three miles south of Waterloo. The French called it the Battle of Mont Saint-Jean Ridge, which was where the British army was placed. Wellington had his headquarters in the town of Waterloo and he decided the battle would be named after it. The British Read more…
Napoleon sold Louisiana because of mosquitoes. In 1802, he sent an army led by his brother-in-law General Charles Leclerc to take control of New Orleans and open up a wave of French settlement. Oh, and by the way, how about stopping off in Haiti to put down that pesky Read more…
Today is the birthday of either one of the most brilliant men in history or one of the worst. Or both. He was not French, he was from Corsica which belonged to France. He may have looked short when standing next to his Imperial Guardsmen, but he was actually 5’6”. Read more…
In 1807, after signing the Treaties of Tilsit which ended a war between France and Russia, Napoleon proposed a celebratory rabbit hunt. He put his chief of staff Alexandre Berthier in charge. Berthier found a rabbit farmer in the area who sold him hundreds of rabbits. The rabbit cages Read more…
On their wedding night, Napoleon and Josephine retired to her bedroom only to find Josephine’s dog in his usual place in the middle of the bed. When Napoleon approached the bed, the dog growled and Josephine explained that the dog was very possessive. They should try not to disturb the Read more…