Napoleon returns to France from his banishment on Elba.

After his defeat in the War of the Sixth Coalition, Napoleon Bonaparte was forced to abdicate the throne on April 6, 1814. The victorious Allied powers exiled him to the small Mediterranean island of Elba, off the coast of Italy, under the terms of the Treaty of Fontainebleau. Despite being deposed, Napoleon was granted sovereignty over Elba, where he retained a small personal army and attempted to implement reforms to improve the island’s economy and infrastructure. However, his restless ambition and dissatisfaction with his diminished status led him to escape less than a year later, on February 26, 1815. His dramatic return to France marked the beginning of the Hundred Days, during which he briefly reclaimed power before his ultimate defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815, leading to his final exile to the remote island of Saint Helena.