Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates for second time as Emperor 210 years ago this hour (June 22 1815)


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(Thursday, June 22, 1815, Paris Mean Time) — Four days after the Battle of Waterloo in which the French Imperial Army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two armies of the Seventh Coalition, Bonaparte, 45, today abdicated for a second time as Emperor of the French, this time in favor of his son Napoleon II.