Waterloo, Battle of

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• Waterloo, Battle of — (1815)    The most decisive battle of the Napoleonic Wars. Waterloo brought a final end to Napoleon Bonaparte ’s reign and the military threat posed by France since 1792. Fought in Belgium between Napoleon’s army and an Anglo Allied force under… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• Waterloo, Battle of — (June 18, 1815) Final defeat of Napoleon and French forces in the Napoleonic Wars. The battle was fought near Waterloo village, south of Brussels, during the Hundred Days of Napoleon s restoration, by Napoleon s 72,000 troops against the duke of… …   Universalium

• Waterloo — battle took place June 18, 1815, at village near Brussels; extended sense of a final, crushing defeat is first attested 1816 in letter of Lord Byron. The second element in the place name is from Flemish loo sacred wood …   Etymology dictionary

• Waterloo, Belgium — Infobox Belgium Municipality name=Waterloo picture=Waterloo JPG01 (5).jpg picture map arms= region=BE REG WAL community=BE FR province=BE PROV BW arrondissement=Nivelles nis=25110 pyramid date= 0 19= 20 64= 65= foreigners= foreigners date=… …   Wikipedia

• battle — battle1 battler, n. /bat l/, n., v., battled, battling. n. 1. a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo. 2. participation in such hostile encounters or engagements: wounds received in battle. 3. a… …   Universalium

• Battle of Copenhagen (1801) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=First Battle of Copenhagen partof=War of the Second Coalition caption= The Battle of Copenhagen, as painted by Nicholas Pocock. British line is diagonally across the foreground, the city of Copenhagen in the… …   Wikipedia

• Battle honour — Battle Honours sind eine Tradition der Commonwealth Staaten Vereinigtes Königreich, Australien, Kanada und Neuseeland. Es sind ehrenvollen Erwähnungen von Schlachten, an denen eine Militäreinheit erfolgreich teilgenommen hat. Die Verleihung der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Waterloo, Fauquier County, Virginia — Waterloo is a village in Fauquier County, Virginia, in the United States. Straddling the Rappahannock River at its confluence with Carter s Run, it is the location of what was, until the 1950s, the only bridge crossing the Rappahannock north of… …   Wikipedia

• Waterloo, Ontario — Waterloo   City   King Street South in the heart of Uptown Waterloo …   Wikipedia

• Waterloo church — is one of the names applied to over 600 English churches constructed during the early to mid 19th century using funds from the Church Building Act 1818. Other names include Commissioners Churches and Million Act Churches , reflecting the role of… …   Wikipedia