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Hundred Days
Hundred Days (20 March–28 June 1815) The period between NAPOLEON's return from the island of Elba and the date of the second restoration of LOUIS XVIII. Napoleon landed at Cannes on 1 March while the European powers were meeting at the Congress of VI-ENNA. He won great popular acclaim as he moved north through Grenoble and Lyons. He arrived in Paris on 20 March, less than 24 hours after Louis had fled. Napoleon's attempt to win over moderate royalist opinion to a more liberal conception of his empire failed. Moreover, he failed to persuade the Allies of his peaceful intentions, and had to prepare to defend France against a hastily reconstituted ‘Grand Alliance’. By the end of April he had only raised a total strength of 105,000 troops, the Allies having a force of almost 130,000 men. Nevertheless, Napoleon took the offensive and forced the Prussians to retreat at Ligny. Two days later, on 18 June, Napoleon was defeated at WATERLOO. He returned to Paris and on 22 June abdicated for the second time. Six days later Louis XVIII was restored to power.
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"Hundred Days." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Hundred Days." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-HundredDays.html "Hundred Days." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-HundredDays.html |
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hundred days
hundred days (March 20–June 28, 1815) Period between the escape of Napoleon I from Elba and the second restoration of Louis XVIII, following the Allied victory at Waterloo. The term has since been applied to other politically signficant periods of about that duration, notably the early months of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency in the USA (1933).
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"hundred days." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hundred days." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-hundreddays.html "hundred days." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-hundreddays.html |
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Hundred Days
Hundred Days name given to the period after the return of the deposed French emperor, Napoleon I , from Elba. The Hundred Days are counted from Mar. 20, 1815, when Napoleon arrived in Paris, to June 28, 1815, when Louis XVIII was restored for the second time as king, following Napoleon's disastrous Waterloo campaign . |
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"Hundred Days." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Hundred Days." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-HundredD.html "Hundred Days." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-HundredD.html |
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