What's On : 25
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from 25/09/2021 to 26/09/2021Family, Re-enactmentLiving History weekend at Hole Park, Kent
event webpage Hole Park Benenden Road, Rolvenden, Kent, UK TN17 4JA Contact: Edward Barham Tel: 01580 241 344 Mob: 07976 241794 Email: info@holepark.com Email: events@holepark.com Admission Prices Adults £9.00 Children £1 (5 – 16 years)
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from 18/06/2021 to 31/10/2021Exhibition, FestivalNapoleon and Bertrand, the return of the heroes
Entitled “Napoléon et Bertrand, le retour des héros” [“Napoleon and Bertrand, the return of the heroes”], this retrospective will bring together the emblematic works of the two men, from their stay on St Helena between 1815 and 1821, until the Return of Napoleon’s Mortal Remains (“Retour des Cendres”) in 1840. Paintings, prints and engravings, furniture, […]
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from 07/03/2020 to 08/03/2020Festival, TalkEast Midlands Napoleonic Days
The event will be hosted in the former drill hall of the South Notts Hussars (stair access). Named in reference to the period, not just to the man himself, the weekend will not only have a military focus; there will be costume balls as well as cannon balls! Saturday’s main event will be the NG13 […]
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from 07/09/2019 to 22/09/2019FestivalSarzana Napoleon Festival 7 – 22 Sept 2019
The Sarzana Napoleon Festival (Italy) will with a programme of historical re-enactments, plays, Frsit Empire ball, book presentations, exhibitions, and a gastronomic food market of French Regional specialities. website in italian
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from 17/08/2019 to 18/08/2019Family, Re-enactmentNapoleon 250: event based on Napoleon’s and Wellington’s youth
To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Napoleon’s birth*, the Waterloo Memorial 1815 is organising an event based on Napoleon’s and Wellington’s youth. This event will immerse visitors in the lives of civilians and soldiers at the end of the 18th century, with demonstrations of crafts such as leather tanning, basket weaving and embroidery as well as […]
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from 20/07/2019 to 21/07/2019Festival, Re-enactmentHutingdonshire History Festival and Napoleonic Re-enactment
Join the Napoleonic Association at their biggest event of the year! Huge living history at the Riverside Park Huntingdon all weekend and a battle Saturday and Sunday afternoon at Hinchingbrooke Park. There is very limited parking at Hinchingbrooke Country Park, parking will only be available for disabled badge holders and those reenactors who […]
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from 01/05/2019 to 05/05/2019Concert, FestivalSt Helena Music Festival: Napoleon and George III
Festival Programme Wednesday 1 May – Concert at St Paul’s Cathedral at 7pm Free entry This concert will include piano solos, quartets, a cappella and soprano pieces, reviving music from the the Napoleonic and Georgian periods. Programme: Grétry, « La Victoire est à nous », quartet a cappella (1 min) Anon., “Hearts of oak”, unison quartet with piano […]
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from 08/04/2019 to 19/04/2019FamilyNapoleonic Easter at Fort Nelson (UK)
Children can pretend to be soldiers and practice drill formations under the command of our drill sergeant. Then the young recruits can test their skills firing flintlock muskets and cannons in a shooting range, and have a go at playing traditional games of the period. History is also brought to life in the Guard Room, […]
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from 24/11/2018 to 25/11/2018Exhibition, FestivalNapoleon, man of the pen and avid reader, an exhibition at the History Book Fair in Versailles
On this occasion the Fondation Napoléon will be presenting at the Hôtel du département, Versailles a small exhibition “Napoléon, homme de plume et grand lecteur” [“Napoleon, man of the pen and avid reader”] with items from its collection: autograph letters and books from Napoleon’s library – and will also spotlight the 15-volume edition of the General […]
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from 23/06/2018 to 24/06/2018Family, Re-enactmentA historical weekend at the Battlefield of Waterloo
From Saturday 23 to Sunday 24 June 2018. Three years after the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, meet the French and allied re-enactors in a family-friendly atmosphere. Join the celebrations on June 23-24, 2018. A fascinating historical weekend will gather together numerous activities and entertainment at each of the sites of the battle: bivouacs, the first […]