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Busy street scene along Poultry and Prince's Street

hotly pursued by the peers

A milk seller handing a cupful of milk to a boy and girl on a London street

February 2

The abdication of Napoleon and his departure from Fontainebleau for Elba George I Louis Busy street scene along PoultryThe abdication of Napoleon and his departure from Fontainebleau for Elba, 20th April 1814. The defeat at the Battle of Leipzig and the subsequent invasion of France by the Allies culminated in Napoleon's abdication on 11 April. By the Treaty of Fontainebleau he was exiled and granted sovereignty of the island of Elba.

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