1815

Napoleon Bonaparte, the deposed emperor of the French, arrived on the British-ruled South Atlantic island of St. Helena, where he spent the last 5½ years

Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for St. Helena to spend the remainder of his days in exile.

The Mount Tambora volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa exploded in one of the largest eruptions in recorded history, resulting in tens of thousands

Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from the Island of Elba to begin his second conquest of France.