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Hundred Days
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Hundred Days, name given to the period after the return of the deposed French emperor, Napoleon I Napoleon I , 1769–1821, emperor of the French, b. Ajaccio, Corsica, known as "the Little Corporal." Early Life


The son of Carlo and Letizia Bonaparte (or Buonaparte; see under Bonaparte, family), young Napoleon was sent (1779) to French
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, from Elba. The Hundred Days are counted from Mar. 20, 1815, when Napoleon arrived in Paris, to June 28, 1815, when Louis XVIII was restored for the second time as king, following Napoleon's disastrous Waterloo campaign Waterloo campaign, last action of the Napoleonic Wars, ending with the battle of Waterloo. Napoleon I, who escaped from Elba in Feb., 1815, and entered Paris on Mar. 20, soon faced a European coalition.
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Hundred Days

 French Cent Jours

(1815) In French history, the period between Napoleon's arrival in Paris after escaping from exile on Elba and the return of Louis XVIII to Paris. Napoleon landed on French soil on March 1 and reached Paris on March 20. Austria, Britain, Prussia, and Russia swiftly concluded an alliance against Napoleon and forced a series of military engagements that led up to the Battle of Waterloo. On June 22 Napoleon abdicated a second time and was removed to St. Helena; Louis returned to Paris on July 8.



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For a long time, the role of host and exhibition producer for such artists was the exclusive reserve of big museums and large-scale events (such as Les Cent jours d'art contemporain, the Biennale de Montreal or the Manif d'art de Quebec) but it has now been taken up by a wider range of institutions.
For a number of years now, "LES CENT JOURS D'ART CONTEMPORAIN" has taken over Montreal's fall season with its presentation of works by artists from Quebec and abroad.
 
 
 
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