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Event war Europe

Battle of Waterloo

1815 CE

Napoleon's final defeat south of Brussels by Wellington and Blücher, ending 23 years of revolutionary and Napoleonic warfare.

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Standing in 1815 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Machu Picchu Landmark · Americas 1450 CE – still standing Rangitoto Island Landmark · Oceania 1450 CE – still standing Oyo Empire Wars Conflict · Africa 1550 CE – 1836 CE

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