Battle of Waterloo Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo, also called the Battle of Mount St. John, was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. A French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition: a British-led Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington, and a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prince of Wahlstatt. The battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Upon Napoleon's return to power in March
Waterloo, Nebraska Waterloo, Nebraska Waterloo is a village in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 848 at the 2010 census. Waterloo was founded in about 1870 when the Union Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. The name commemorates the Battle of Waterloo. Waterloo is located at (41.287021, -96.288387). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 848 people, 337 households, and 229 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 359 housing units at an average