- REIGN OF A HUNDRED DAYS
- the period during which Napoleon reigned in Paris from his return from Elba in the beginning of March till he left on the 12th June 1815 to meet the Allies in the Netherlands.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
REIGN OF A HUNDRED DAYS
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