Good morning, Whitewater.
Saturday in town will be sunny with a high of sixty-two. Sunrise is 6:18 and sunset is 7:32, for 13h 14m 18s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 57.2% of its visible disk illuminated.
Napoleon Bonaparte leaving Elba on 26 February 1815. Joseph Beaume. Via Wikipedia.
On this day in 1814, Napoleon is exiled to Elba, although he returns to make more trouble shortly thereafter:
In 1812, thinking that Russia was plotting an alliance with England, Napoleon launched an invasion against the Russians that eventually ended with his troops retreating from Moscow and much of Europe uniting against him. In 1814, Napoleon’s broken forces gave up and Napoleon offered to step down in favor of his son. When this offer was rejected, he abdicated and was sent to Elba.
In March 1815, he escaped his island exile and returned to Paris, where he regained supporters and reclaimed his emperor title, Napoleon I, in a period known as the Hundred Days. However, in June 1815, he was defeated at the bloody Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon’s defeat ultimately signaled the end of France’s domination of Europe. He abdicated for a second time and was exiled to the remote island of Saint Helena, in the southern Atlantic Ocean, where he lived out the rest of his days. He died at age 52 on May 5, 1821, possibly from stomach cancer, although some theories contend he was poisoned.