Modern History

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  Napoleon Bonaparte

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  Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) was a Corsican-born French general and politician who reigned as Emperor of the French with the regnal name Napoleon I …

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  Battle of Waterloo

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  The Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) was the last major engagement of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815), fought by a French army under Emperor …

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  War of the Fifth Coalition

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  War of the Fifth Coalition(1809) was a major conflict of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) that was fought primarily in Central Europe between the …

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  Sergei Prokofiev

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  Sergei Prokofiev(1891-1953) was a Russian composer (born in Ukraine) who was at the forefront of the Modernist music movement. His symphonies, …

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  Richard Wagner

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  Richard Wagner(1813-1883) was a German composer of Romantic music most famous for his epic operas like The Ring, Tannhäuser, and Tristan and Isolde. …

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  Felix Mendelssohn

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  Felix Mendelssohn(1809-1847) was a German composer of Romantic music best known for his symphonies, overtures, concertos, piano pieces, and songs. …