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19/09/2023Study Day“Rencontres militaires de Napoleonica® la revue” > Napoleonic logisticsPresentation Event in French Logistics are essential to the waging of war. This concept, which emerged during the imperial period, encompasses all the transport and supply activities required for military operations, at strategic, operational and tactical levels. Despite its central importance, it is a subject that has often been neglected by imperial military history, which […]
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from 27/05/2023 to 03/06/2023CommemorationFrench Week 2023Highlights of the week include : Sunday 28 May 2023: Exhibition of works by Rory Klopper inspired by French philosopher & intellectual Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (1897 – 1962). Saturday 27 May; the Fête de l’Abeille Monday 29 mai: Guided visit to the Prince Imperial Exhibition in the national uMsunduzi Museum Tuesday 30 May, 10 am: Presentation […]
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from 01/10/2022 to 01/12/2023Commemoration, Conference, Festival, Other, Study Day, Talk, Theatrical Event2023 Année Napoléon III – The 150th anniversary of the death of Napoleon III -
10/09/2022Study DayWaterloo Study Day 2022: The life and times of the Duke of WellingtonSaturday 10th September 10:15 Dr Martin Howard: Wellington and the British Army’s Indian Campaigns 1798 – 1805. 11:15 Dr Mark Thompson: The controversial Allied siege of San Sebastián in 1813. Lunch 1:30 Dr Mark Sadler: The King’s Bold Hussars and the Battle of Sahagun. 2:30 Paul Chamberlain: Notorious Correspondence – General Edouard Simon and the […]
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from 25/09/2021 to 26/09/2021Family, Re-enactmentLiving History weekend at Hole Park, Kentevent 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 18/09/2021 to 03/10/2021OtherThe Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped (a project for Paris) imagined by Christo and Jeanne-ClaudeThroughout the entire period when the artwork is on display, as well as during its preparation, the space beneath the Arc de Triomphe over the consecrated stone slab, where, since 1923 the Eternal Flame has burned in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, will be fully maintained. As always, veterans associations and volunteers […]
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from 05/05/2021 to 09/05/2021CommemorationLIVE Commemorations of Napoleon’s Death on St HelenaOn 5, 6 and 9 May, wherever you are around the world, watch online the Bicentenary ceremonies. ► FOLLOW THE CEREMONIES LIVE Programme: (Times are given in GMT i.e. 1 hour behind London and 4 hours ahead of New York) – 5 May 2021: From 8am-4pm GMT, Laying of the personalised wreaths on the tomb* From 5pm GMT: Longwood House Gardens. Funeral march […]
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27/11/2020Study DayBonapartisme(s)Presentation The Chaire Napoléon continues its exploration of the circumstances and political consequences of Napoleon’s death in a series of study mornings. After the death itself and its contemporary echo (2018), the formation of the libero-bonapartist idea (2019), this third rendez-vous explores the Bonapartist ideas and facts. Programme 09:30 – Welcome 09:50 – The “Memorial”: […]
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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 […]