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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 17/08/2019 to 18/08/2019Family, Re-enactmentNapoleon 250: event based on Napoleon’s and Wellington’s youthTo 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-enactmentJoin 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 13/07/2019 to 14/07/2019Re-enactmentSkirmish at Deene ParkThe 5/60th & 85eme still have room for more groups or individuals to attend our event at Deene Park, near Corby, July 13/14th. This is a new event with plenty of scope for growth in future years. Deene Park was the home of the Earl of Cardigan of Light Brigade fame. The house is sharing […]
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from 22/06/2019 to 23/06/2019Re-enactmentWaterloo 2019More information here.
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from 23/03/2019 to 23/06/2019Exhibition, Study DayThe Emperor in private: Napoleon I – husband, father, loverThe town of La Roche-sur-Yon (France) is organising an exhibition entitled “The Emperor in private: Napoleon I – husband, father, lover” for which the Fondation Napoléon is lending ten objects from its collection. On the occasion of this exhibition at the Museum of that town, a catalogue will also be published with the support of […]
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18/02/2019Study Day“A passo di carica”: Murat, Naples and EuropeProgramme (Palazzo Reale Naples): 4 pm: A presentation of the book A passo di carica, Murat, re di Napoli, ed. Luigi Mascilli Migliorini A presentation of the book Murat, Naples, Europe by Nicoletta Marini of Armenia Three brief interventions: Thierry Lentz, Renata De Lorenzo, Renata Lattuada Presentation of the MurApp smartphone application, Murat’s Naples, with […]
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30/11/2018Study DaySt Helena, the origins of the Napoleonic legendProgramme : Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène [Napoleon on St Helena] (Thierry Lentz). Le Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène : témoignage et manifeste politique [The Mémorial of St Helena: testimony and political manifesto] (Chantal Prévot) Le grand-maréchal Bertrand et ses Mémoires [Grand Marshal Bertrand and his Memoirs] (François Houdecek) Dans l’intimité de Napoléon : les témoignages d’Ali et de Marchand [Napoleon in […]
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from 19/10/2018 to 21/10/2018Re-enactmentRe-enactment > The battle of LeipzigFrom 14 to 19 October 1813, the Allies Austria, Prussia, Russia and Sweden inflicted the decisive defeat on the French army, thereby breaking Napoleon’s domination of Europe. With up to 600,000 soldiers from all over Europe involved, the Battle of Nations near Leipzig entered the history books as the largest and bloodiest field battle in […]