ID: 901000385 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000385	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Battle of Waterloo (European history, 1815)

Note: Battle fought during the Hundred Days of Napoleon’s restoration, near Waterloo village, which is near Brussels. It was Napoleon’s final defeat, ending 23 years of recurrent warfare between France and the other powers of Europe. Napoleon’s troops met the combined forces of the duke of Wellington’s allied army (with British, Dutch, Belgian, and German units) and Prussians, the main force of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher’s command.

Display Date: June 18, 1815

Names:

	Battle of Waterloo (European history, 1815) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<European history> (P)
		........Napoleonic Wars (European history, 1800-1815) (P)
		............Battle of Waterloo (European history, 1815) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... battle
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	protagonist is .... Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (French emperor, 1769-1821)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	protagonist is .... Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (British military commander, engineer, 1769-1852)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	protagonist is .... Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von (Prussian noble, commander, 1742-1819)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Battle of Waterloo (European history, 1815)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 31 August 2012

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 31 August 2012