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Battle of Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo was a battle fought on 18 June 1815 at Waterloo Battlefield, in what is now Belgium. It was part of the Napoleonic Wars, which ran from 1803 to 1815. The recorded result: Coalition victory.

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Battle of Waterloo
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Record

Date18 June 1815
PlaceWaterloo Battlefield, Belgium
50.678N, 4.412E
Part ofNapoleonic Wars (1803 to 1815)
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
ResultCoalition victory
BelligerentsFirst French EmpireUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Prussia; United Kingdom of the Netherlands; Hanover; Nassau; Brunswick
Battle of WaterlooBattle of WaterlooSiege of NivellesBattle of Quatre BrasBattle of WavreBattle of AnderlechtSiege of BrusselsSiege of NivellesBattle of Quatre BrasBattle of AnderlechtSiege of BrusselsCologneAntwerpenLuxembourgDüsseldorfBruggeAmiensDuisburgGent100 km50.678N, 4.412E
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Schlacht von Waterloo Brügner, Carl; Brose, Heinrich; Prêtre [Verl.] Die Schlacht bei La Belle-Alliance am 18ten Juny 1815. Gez.von [Carl] Brügner.Gest.von Heinrich Brose. Gedruckt von Prêtre. [Berlin
Schlacht von Waterloo Brügner, Carl; Brose, Heinrich; Prêtre [Verl.] Die Schlacht bei La Belle-Alliance am 18ten Juny 1815. Gez.von [Carl] Brügner.Gest.von Heinrich Brose. Gedruckt von Prêtre. [Berlin. Carl Brügner, Heinrich Brose, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Battle of Waterloo is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 189 in present-day Belgium.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q48314, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Waterloo, revision 1385247177, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.