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| - | When George Washington died in 1799, Napoleon declared a ten-day national mourning period in France. [([[https:// | + | When George Washington died in 1799, Napoleon declared a 10-day national mourning period in France. [([[https:// |
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| - | The Duke of Wellington was well-known for his infatuation with Napoleon. In 1816, a year after defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, the British government presented the Duke with a gift—an eleven-foot statue commissioned by Napoleon representing himself as the Roman god Mars, nude save for a strategically placed fig leaf. Wellington erected the monument at the bottom of a stairway at his London house, where it still remains today. [([[https:// | + | The Duke of Wellington was well-known for his infatuation with Napoleon. In 1816, a year after defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo, the British government presented the Duke with a gift — an eleven-foot statue commissioned by Napoleon representing himself as the Roman god Mars, nude save for a strategically placed fig leaf. Wellington erected the monument at the bottom of a stairway at his London house, where it still remains today. [([[https:// |
| ===== Author Of Books ===== | ===== Author Of Books ===== | ||
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| ===== Napoleon II ===== | ===== Napoleon II ===== | ||
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| ===== Meeting With Alexander I ===== | ===== Meeting With Alexander I ===== | ||
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| - | Napoleon offered a prize to anybody who could make food last longer during his army's trips to far-flung areas like Russia and Egypt. Nicolas Appert found in 1809 that food cooked within a sealed glass jar could not deteriorate unless the container leaked—he had created canning! The French government rewarded Appert with 12,000 francs. [([[https:// | + | Napoleon offered a prize to anybody who could make food last longer during his army's trips to far-flung areas like Russia and Egypt. Nicolas Appert found in 1809 that food cooked within a sealed glass jar could not deteriorate unless the container leaked — he had created canning! The French government rewarded Appert with 12,000 francs. [([[https:// |
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