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Napoleon Bonaparte

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General Andrew Jackson (on horseback) led US forces to victory over the British at the battle of New Orleans on 8 January 1815 (Photo by Pierce Archive LLC/Buyenlarge via Getty Images)

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Napoleon’s mother, Letizia Bonaparte

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The marriage of Napoleon Bonaparte to Habsburg Archduchess Marie-Louise

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Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte

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Allies in retreat from Austerlitz

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A portrait of the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) during the Napoleonic Wars. Although Waterloo was "undeniably the most pivotal battle of this campaign", it was not the final battle against France, says Jem Duducu. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Napoleon Bonaparte depicted as emperor of France in c1804. By now he had his sights set on establishing a dynasty (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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A painting shows Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow in October 1812. Tens of thousands of his troops perished over the winter months that followed

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Napoleon portrait by Jacques-Louis David shows is perhaps the most famous painting of the French emperor with one hand tucked out of sight

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French cuirassiers charging a British infantry square at the battle of Waterloo, 1815 (1906). From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. V. (Cassell and Company Limited, London, Paris, New York, Melbourne). Artist P Jazet. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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This caricature of those meetings depicts proceedings turning to chaos, thanks to the arrival of Napoleon – freshly escaped from his exile on Elba before 'the cake' (Europe) has even been cut

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A portrait of Napoleon

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Napoleon Bonaparte on his deathbed. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Image)

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A cartoon of Napoleon and King George III.

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Painting of Napoleon in St Helena

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Napoleon is apprehended by French soldiers on his return from Elba. Rather than take him to Paris in chains, the soldiers joined him

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An early 19th-century painting of Napoleon Bonaparte

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The storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789, as depicted by artist Charles Thévenin

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French cuirassiers charging a British infantry square at the battle of Waterloo, 1815 (1906). From Cassell's 'Illustrated History of England, Vol. V' (Cassell and Company Limited, London, Paris, New York, Melbourne). Artist P Jazet. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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