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Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Person…spanned the regimes of Louis XVI, the years of the French Revolution, Napoleon, Louis XVIII, Charles X, and Louis Philippe I. Those Talleyrand served often distrusted him but found him extremely useful. The name "Talleyrand" has become…

Pope Pius VI
Person…Catholic Church in France that resulted from it. French troops commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Papal army and occupied the Papal States in 1796. In 1798, upon his refusal to renounce his temporal power, Pius was taken prisoner…

William II of the Netherlands
Person…was the son of William I and Wilhelmine of Prussia. During the Napoleonic Wars, he fought in the Peninsular War on the British side. He was wounded in action as a commander in the Battle of Waterloo. When his father, who up to that…

Alhambra
Place…the following centuries, with its buildings occupied by squatters. The troops of Napoleon destroyed parts of it in 1812. After this, the Alhambra became an attraction for British, American, and other European Romantic travellers. The…
Henry Dunant
Person…French Algeria and Tunisia. In 1859, while on his way to petition Napoleon III, he witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in northern Italy. Horrified by the suffering of the wounded and the lack of care they received, Dunant…

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