The gate that goes nowhere is somehow a monument to the Napoleonic genius of the man who enabled the emancipation of the Jews ...

Fresh from his great victory at Austerlitz, Napoleon's next campaign saw him take on Prussia in the autumn of 1806. Prussia's army had been feared throughout Europe since the days of Frederick the ...

He suggested that his critics were craven weaklings: “We are surely approaching a moment for Europe in which it will ... from Moscow’s assault. Yet the Napoleon-wannabe Macron talks of ...

In 1806, Napoleon created the Continental System, which banned all commercial activity between the European continent and Britain. Napoleon believed that this economic pressure would force Britain ...

But they wouldn't remain neutral for long — all of Europe smelled blood with Napoleon's defeat. "My star was fading," Napoleon said. "I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do ...

Europe's Egypt obsession led to its first museums of archaeology Goaded on by Napoleon's savant expeditions, the European fascination with ancient Egypt gave rise to archaeological museums in ...

To signify their equal status, they met on a raft moored precisely in the center of the Niemen River — the boundary between Russia and Europe. SOKHOLOV: When the Tsar met Napoleon he had one ...

A “legendary” hat owned by Napoleon Bonaparte sold for a whopping ... while he was in the midst of conquering much of continental Europe. At this point, Bonaparte had already crowned himself ...

led by Napoleon I, fight European powers in a series of battles beginning in 1803. Napoleon was defeated by the British at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. A committee of experts was set up in ...

A hat belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte when he ruled France in the 19th Century has been sold for €1.9m ($2.1m; £1.7m) at auction in Paris. The bicorne black beaver felt hat was valued between ...