History Today: When France's greatest emperor Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated his throne

On April 11, 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, France’s famed military commander and emperor, formally gave up his throne. Under the Treaty of Fontainebleau, he was exiled to Elba, a small island in the Mediterranean. Today also marks the day when WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was removed from Ecuador’s London embassy after seven years of asylum in 2019

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