What's On : 202
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from 09/11/2021 to 10/11/2021ConferenceNapoleon III and the Economy (postponed to November 2021)► Programme (in French) ◄ SPEAKERS and SESSION PRESIDENTS: François VILLEROY de GALHAU, Governor of the Banque de France; Victor-André MASSENA, Prince d’Essling, President of the Fondation Napoléon; Pierre BRANDA; Eric ANCEAU; Serge SCHWEITZER; Dominique BARJOT; Thierry LENTZ; François de COUSTIN; Hubert BONIN; Thierry CLAEYS; Matthieu de OLIVEIRA; Nicolas STOSKOPF; Arnaud MANAS; Agnès d’ANGIO-BARROS; Frédéric BARBIER; Jean-François BELHOSTE; Clémence BECQUET; Laurent THEIS; Georges RIBEILL; Marie-Françoise BERNERON-COUVENHES; Bruno MARNOT; Michel HAU; BOURILLON; Michel CARMONA; Michel CADOT; Juliette […]
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from 19/05/2021 to 20/05/2021Commemoration, Concert, Theatrical Event[2021 Année Napoléon] Death and Imperial Transfiguration: Napoleon’s Triumph(s)Programme of the two concerts Triomphe(s) de Napoléon Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 May 2021, at 8pm – Cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides Académie symphonique de Paris Jérôme Treille, direction Chœur Les Voix impériales Soloist : Véronique Chevallier Sarah Kim, organ Thierry Lentz, narrator Peter Hicks, direction La Marseillaise (version Berlioz) Allons enfants, Amour sacré, Guerriers pour toujours dans l’histoire… […]
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from 18/03/2021 to 21/03/2021Conference[Online event] Symposium on the Age of Napoleon in commemoration of the bicentennial of Napoleon’s deathCONFERENCE PROGRAM THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 4 PM EST/9 PM GMT Introductory Remarks Victor-André Masséna, Fondation Napoléon Samuel E. “Skip” Vichness, The Massena Society Alexander Mikaberidze, LSUS Opening Keynote Speech: “Napoleon: the ‘Famous Delinquent’” Michael Broers, University of Oxford FRIDAY, MARCH 19 Roundtable Discussion: The World of Napoleonic Podcasting, 2:00 – 3:45 PM EST Chair: J. […]
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from 18/02/2021 to 31/12/2021Talk[Online event] The British Witnesses to Napoleon | Napoleon 200The death of Napoleon in far off St Helena in May 1821 brought to a crescendo twenty-five years of English-language publishing on the Emperor. Thousands of pages, including the Emperor’s will, Barry O’Meara’s Napoleon in Exile, and Emmanuel de Las Cases’ “Journal of Private Life and Conversations of Napoleon” (known in French as the “Memorial”) […]
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from 01/01/2021 to 31/12/2021CommemorationTake part in the 5 May commemorations on St Helena from a distance by laying a funeral bouquetAccess to St Helena being more than likely impossible during 2021 due to covid restrictions, this opportunity is a small comfort for all those who would have liked to attend the bicentary commemorations there this year. The flowers (known in French as “immortelles”) will be collected on the island, evoking the gift sent to Napoleon […]
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14/10/2020ConferenceFrom The Alma to Bazeilles: Navy troops in combat (1854-1870) -
from 02/09/2020 to 15/11/2020Exhibition, TalkImperial elegance. Souvenirs from the wardrobe of Empress EugenieOn July 11, 1920, Eugenie de Montijo, a personality who marked her time, died in Madrid. A century later, the Château de Compiègne, where the last Empress of the French lived part of her life, pays homage to her through a series of events: exhibition of her most beautiful dresses in the ballroom gallery, a […]
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from 17/07/2020 to 19/07/2020Re-enactmentBattle of Vimeiro 1808As well as the reenactment, there will be a themed market near the Battle’s Interpretation Centre at Vimeiro, so visitors can fully immerse themselves in the social and military environment of the early 19th-century French Invasions. Actors will play civilians and soldiers to bring the atmosphere of the battle to life. There will be street […]
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from 11/05/2020 to 31/12/2020Exhibition, OtherCovid-19: Museums re-openingMusée Napoléon Thurgovie/Napoleonmuseum – Arenenberg (link in English) 12 May 2020 Musée de l’image à Épinal (link in French): 12 May 2020 Musée Masséna (link in French): 13 May 2020 Waterloo Memorial (link in English): 20 May 2020 Musée de la guerre de 1870 de Loigny-la-bataille (link in French): end of May 2020, opening with a new exhibition “Napoleon […]
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26/03/2020TalkWhose history? from the Battle of Waterloo to the Battle of CinderlooRead more about the uprising. 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Wellington Orbit Station Road Wellington TF1 1BY UK To learn more, call in to the Wellington Orbit in Station Road, visit wellingtonorbit.co.uk or call 01952 743377. £4.50 (incl. drink)