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A+E Networks. At Waterloo in Belgium, Napoleon Bonaparte suffers defeat at the hands of the Duke of Wellington, bringing an end to the Napoleonic era of European history. The Corsica-born Napoleon, one of the greatest military strategists in history, rapidly rose in the ranks of the French Revolutionary Army during the late 1790s.
Feb. 26, 1815: Napoleon escapes from Elba to begin his second conquest of France. For the man with historyâs first recorded Napoleon complex, it must have been the consummate insult. After Napoleon Bonaparteâs disastrous campaign in Russia ended in defeat, he was forced into exile on Elba. He retained the title of emperor â but of the Mediterranean islandâs 12,000 inhabitants, not the 70 million Europeans over whom heâd once had dominion.