An extremely rare ‘bicorne,’ or 2-pointed hat, that was worn by Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo was sold at auction in France for $325,000 on Monday. The hat went under the hammer for €280,000 ...

Thursday marks the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. For the British, it was a famous, but costly victory, as we're reminded by author Bernard Cornwell: Two hundred ...

Archaeologists made an “incredibly rare” find Wednesday in Belgium when they uncovered the remains of soldiers and horses who died in the 1815 Battle of Waterloo. The discovery was made by the team ...

A new study examines the possible cause as to why no mass graves for the thousands of casualties from the Battle of Waterloo have ever been discovered. The bones of soldiers killed during the Battle ...

WATERLOO, Belgium — To the victor go the spoils: So Waterloo became synonymous with Napoleon’s demise, even if the worst of the battle never happened there. Ignoring the bloodied grounds of nearby ...

The Battle of Waterloo, June 18, 1815 (oil on canvas) History News Network This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical perspective. The ...

The new Ridley Scott movie Napoleon aroused some thoughts regarding the Battle of Waterloo, so famous in history and so well depicted in the movie, despite the film’s many historical inaccuracies. At ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link The Battle of Waterloo changed the course of history. On June 18th, 1815, Napoleon suffered his final and most crushing defeat. For over a decade, ...

A 200-year old skeleton discovered beneath a parking lot at the Battle of Waterloo site has been identified as a German soldier. The remains are the first full skeleton to be recovered from the famous ...

The grisly remains were found where a Seventh Coalition field hospital stood during the battle, which marked the end of Napoleon's military career. Reading time 3 minutes The Battle of Waterloo may be ...