Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A diamond jewel owned and abandoned by Napoleon Bonaparte after the Battle of Waterloo will go up for auction for the first time.

'What Really Happened At The Battle Of Waterloo In 1815?' How was Napoleon defeated at The Battle of Waterloo? Why was it the bloodiest battle in history up to that point? What was its significance in ...

"Come general, the affair is over, we have lost the day," Napoleon told one of his officers. "Let us be off." The day was June 18, 1815. By about 8 p.m., the emperor of France knew he had been ...

You could soon accessorize like a famous French emperor. A dazzling diamond brooch once owned by Napoleon I will be auctioned off during Sotheby’s Royal and Noble Jewels sale in Geneva this week. It ...

There are more books with “Napoleon” in their titles than there have been days since the death of the French emperor and general in 1821. So reports Andrew Roberts in his magisterial biography of the ...

PARIS — A hat attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte and said to have been dropped on the battlefield at Waterloo 203 years ago was bought on Monday for more than $400,000. It was another sign, if one were ...

GENEVA — A diamond brooch that Napoleon lost while the French emperor and his forces were retreating from the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 sold for approximately $4.4 million (more than 3.5 million ...

A hat said to be worn by Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo sold for more than $400,000 at an auction in Lyon, France. The De Baecque auction house told CNN the buyer is a European collector ...

"Come general, the affair is over, we have lost the day," Napoleon told one of his officers. "Let us be off." The day was June 18, 1815. By about 8 p.m., the emperor of France knew he had been ...