On this day in 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, the French emperor, and a renowned military leader relinquished his throne and was exiled to Elba, a Mediterranean island, as part of the Treaty of Fontainebleau. Napoleon, born on August 15, 1769, in Corsica, attended military school and fought for the French Revolution in 1789.
Great story. I know I used to be obsessed with Napoleon when I was a kid. Read all about him.
Absolutely fascinating