NAPOLEON DEFEATED AT WATERLOO:
June 18, 1815

At Waterloo in Belgium, Napoleon Bonaparte suffers defeat at the hands of the Duke of Wellington, bringing an end to the Napoleonic era of European history.


(Courtesy of the History Channel)

Of course there are those that argue that the Duke's accounts of the battle downplayed the influence of the Prussian army's intervention, and that victory was assured without the Prussians, but nevertheless, it was a victory over French imperialism.