Hundred Days, 1815

Hundred Days

The period of Napoleon’s second reign, from his return to Paris on 20 March 1815 to the restoration of Louis XVIII on 8 July. It ended with the defeat at Waterloo and the emperor’s second abdication.

Date

20 March – 8 July 1815exact date · duration: ≈ 4 months

Place

Paristoday: Paris, France · Western and Central Europe

Participants

First French Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Prussia, Austrian Empire, Russian Empire, Napoleon I

Threads

French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars

Also known as

Les Cent-Jours; Война Седьмой коалиции

As early as 13 March the powers assembled at the Congress of Vienna declared Napoleon an outlaw, and on 25 March Austria, Prussia, Russia and Great Britain each pledged to field 150,000 men against him (the Seventh Coalition). After the rout at Waterloo, Napoleon abdicated for the second time on 22 June, in favour of his son, and on 15 July he surrendered to the British aboard HMS Bellerophon.

The phrase “Hundred Days” was first used in a speech by the prefect of Paris welcoming the king back on 8 July.

Connections

Causes and preconditions

Napoleon’s return from Elba26 February – 20 March 1815 · Western and Central Europe

Includes

Battle of Waterloo18 June 1815 · Western and Central Europe

Related events

Congress of ViennaSeptember 1814 – 9 June 1815 · Western and Central EuropeNapoleon’s return caught the congress in the midst of its work

Same participants

Holy Alliance14 (26) September 1815 · Western and Central Europevia Austrian Empire

Same place

Viking siege of Parisbetween 24 November and 25 November 885 – October 886 · Western and Central Europe

Storming of the Bastille14 July 1789 · Western and Central Europe

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen26 August 1789 · Western and Central Europe

Execution of Louis XVI21 January 1793 · Western and Central Europe

Coup of 18 Brumaire9–10 November 1799 · Western and Central Europe

Napoleonic Code (French Civil Code)21 March 1804 · Western and Central Europe

Coronation of Napoleon2 December 1804 · Western and Central Europe

Battle of Paris18 (30) March 1814 – 19 (31) March 1814 · Western and Central Europe

Meanwhile in the world

Other regions, within 5 years of this event

Eastern Europe

Battle of the Berezina14 (26) November 1812 – 17 (29) November 1812
French invasion of Russia24 June – 14 December 1812
Fire of Moscow (1812)2 (14) September 1812 – 6 (18) September 1812
Battle of Borodino26 August (7 September) 1812

Balkans and Anatolia

Treaty of Bucharest16 (28) May 1812
First Serbian Uprising14 February 1804 – 7 October 1813

Middle East and Egypt

Treaty of Gulistan12 (24) October 1813

Southeast Asia and Oceania

Eruption of Mount Tambora5–11 April 1815
British conquest of Java4 August – 18 September 1811

North America

Year Without a Summer1816
War of 181218 June 1812 – 17 February 1815
Founding of Fort RossMarch – 30 August (11 September) 1812

Latin America

Cry of Dolores16 September 1810