After being exiled to the island of Elba, Napoleon Bonaparte was supposed to be finished. Europe believed the wars were over and the emperor’s reign had finally ended. But less than a year later, ...

In the first act of Ridley Scott’s newest film, “Napoleon,” the French general does something strangely anti-historical: fire a cannon at the tip of the Great Pyramids. In the next scene, he stands on ...

Why is this anniversary significant? On 5 May 1821, Napoleon died in exile, in a damp house on the bleak South Atlantic island of St Helena. Even in death, he was considered too dangerous to return to ...

Quote of the day by Napoleon Bonaparte: More than 195 countries and billions of people rely on historical narratives to define identity, politics, and national memory. Yet the way history is written ...

When director Ridley Scott was promoting his latest—and we might argue funniest—historical epic back in November, the filmmaker spoke with pride about the film addressing Napoleon Bonaparte’s ...

Napoleon's death, Alan Shepard's spaceflight, the Council of Europe's founding, and cultural highlights like Carnegie Hall.

Dubbed "the pistols that might have changed the course of history" the dual flintlock guns were owned by the famous French general until 1814 - the year he considered using them to take his own life, ...