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Expected to sell for nearly £700,000, the hat is one of around 100 objects being sold in Paris via leading auction house ...
Dec. 2 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1804, Napoleon crowned himself emperor of France. In 1823, during his annual address to the U.S. Congress, President James Monroe proclaimed a new U.S ...
Pierre-Jean Chalençon’s trove is one of the most comprehensive private Napoleonic collections ever to come to market.
According to Sotheby's, their forthcoming auction of Pierre-Jean Chalençon's collection "presents an extraordinary synthesis ...
The younger sister of Napoleon, Pauline Bonaparte was known for her beauty and was never shy about showing off her "natural ...
Glory Beckons, written by Jean Baveystock, focuses on a contrasting trio whose lives become entwined from the moment Napoleon Bonaparte crowns himself Emperor to the eve of his ill-fated Russian ...
1792: Kentucky is admitted as 15th US state. 1796: The last British troops withdraw from the US. On the same day, Tennessee is admitted as the 16th US state. 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte swears fidelity ...
🇫🇷 Napoléon Bonaparte – He crowned himself emperor of France here in 1804. Notre Dame is one of Paris’s most compelling sites. Its long history, reputation, and literary importance are all reasons ...
Geneva expels protestant reformer John Calvin and his followers from the city. Calvin lives in exile in Strasbourg for ...
PARIS, France (AFP) — A sword that belonged to Napoleon and was specially ordered for the personal use of the French emperor fetched ... intended to use to kill himself were sold in France ...
The discovery of Napoleon’s 3-cm penis invites a deeper discussion about male identity and the perception of power throughout ...