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A wide ranging, international public conference on conflict and society during the Napoleonic era. Keynote speeches will be delivered by Dr Edward Coss (United States Command and General Staff College), Dr Catriona Kennedy (Univeristy of York) and Dr Robert Poole (University of Central Lancashire). This conference, organised by the British Commission for Military History, and […]

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  

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 […]

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 […]

Organisers anticipate that many papers will concentrate on the 100 Days and perhaps Grenoble’s native son, Stendhal. As always, other papers of interest and important new research will also be considered. Topics can include military, political, social and cultural aspects of the period. Provisional programme: Monday and Tuesday, conference at La Plateforme, Wednesday conference at […]

Donizetti’s “La Fille du Régiment,” is a 1840 comic opera about a French orphan who falls for a young Swiss soldier during the Napoleonic wars. This new production which opens Opera Saratoga’s 2019 Summer Festival will feature the Argentinian bel canto tenor Santiago Ballerini in the role of Tonio. (Performances: 29 June, 1, 7 and 13 July at the […]

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 […]

Publishers Helion and Company are proud to announce the 2019 From Reason to Revolution Conference, generously sponsored by the Society for Army Historical Research and the British Commission for Military History, and hosted by Derby Museums Trust. This year’s conference will look at the experiences of the ordinary British soldier in the 18th century, covering […]

Description: The Wellington Congress 2019 focuses on all aspects of the career of the first Duke of Wellington, as well as the wider context in Britain, Ireland, the Empire and Continental Europe, between 1780 and the mid-nineteenth century. It will feature keynote speeches from Professor Charles Esdaile, Professor Andrew Lambert, Dr Alicia Laspra and Dr […]

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, […]