HUNDRED DAYS

name given to the period after the return of the deposed French emperor, Napoleon I, from Elba. The Hundred Days are counted from Mar. 20, 1815, when Napoleon arrived in Paris, to June 28, 1815, when Louis XVIII was restored for the second time as king, following Napoleon's disastrous Waterloo campaign.

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Marie Louise, the Island of Elba, and the Hundred Days
Book by Baron Arthur Leon Imbert De Saint-Amand, Elizabeth Gilbert Martin; C. Scribners Sons, 1895
Subjects: Marie Louise--Empress, Consort Of Napoleon I, Emperor Of The French--1791-1847, Napoleon--I--Emperor Of The French--1769-1821--Elba And The Hundred Days, 1814-1815
...THE ISLAND OF ELBA, AND THE HUNDRED DAYS BY IMBERT DE SAINT-AMAND...VIII. MARIE LOUISE DURING THE HUNDRED DAYS 111...THE ISLAND OF ELBA, AND THE HUNDRED DAYS. I. THE RETURN OF MARIE...
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One Hundred Red Days: A Personal Chronicle of the Bolshevik Revolution
Book by Edgar Sisson; Yale University Press, 1931
Subjects: Soviet Union--Foreign Relations--United States, Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917---Personal Narratives, United States--Foreign Relations--Soviet Union
...Before the Hundred Days I. Orders...After the Hundred Days XXVI...of Author 428 BEFORE THE HUNDRED DAYS -2- CHAPTER I Orders from President...
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The Hundred Years War: A Wider Focus
Book by L. J. Andrew Villalon, Donald J. Kagay; Brill, 2005
Subjects: France--Foreign Relations--Great Britain, France--History, Military--1328-1589, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--France, Great Britain--History, Military--1066-1485, Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
...of their continental holdings. 6 By days end, the English and their Gascon allies...famous and talented commanders of the Hundred Years War. The exploits of the man who...Chivalry: Bertrand du Guesclin and the Hundred Years War (Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2003...
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The Hundred Years War
Book by Robin Neillands; Routledge, 1990
Subjects: France--History--14th Century, France--History--15th Century, Great Britain--History--14th Century, Great Britain--History--15th Century, Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
...the real cause of the Hundred Years War was not Edward...and briefly back to the days of William the Conqueror...interest to students of the Hundred Years War because, quite...the knights and ninety days for the common folk who...mercenaries. By the time the Hundred Years War opened, large...
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The Low Countries and the Hundred Years' War: 1326-1347
Book by Henry Stephen Lucas; University of Michigan, 1929
Subjects: Europe--Politics And Government--476-1492, Flanders--History, Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453, Netherlands--History--To 1384
...commercial activity. In earlier days Constantinople had enjoyed...9 At the opening of the Hundred Years War the total annual growth...against the Flemings. Since the days of Philip Augustus royal influence...increased. By the opening of the Hundred Years War French ascendancy...
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The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
Journal article by Davis W. Houck; The Historian, Vol. 69, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope (Book)--Book reviews
The Defining Moment: FDRs Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope. by...The Defining Moment: FDRs Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope. By Jonathan...Roosevelts (FDR) now-famous first one hundred days in office. Alters aims are deceptively...
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The Siege of Budapest: One Hundred Days in World War II
Journal article by Emery E. George; East European Quarterly, Vol. 40, 2006
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Siege of Budapest: One Hundred Days in World War II (Book)--Book reviews
The Siege of Budapest: One Hundred Days in World War II. by Emery...The Siege of Budapest: One Hundred Days in World War II. By Krisztian Ungvary...operations, during those horrendous one hundred days? Ungvary adopts a dual, most admirable...
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The Contemporary Presidency: The Presidential "Hundred Days": An Overview
Journal article by Richard E. Neustadt; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 31, 2001
Subjects: Executive power--History, Legislative bodies--Powers and duties, Presidents--Relations with Congress, United States. Congress--Powers and duties
...Contemporary Presidency: The Presidential "Hundred Days": An Overview. by RICHARD E. NEUSTADT The "Hundred Days" of 1933, a term the American media...ricing lesser problems, while one hundred days reaches only to the Easter recess...
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The Last One Hundred Days
Journal article by William G. Howell, Kenneth R. Mayer; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 35, 2005
Subjects: Bush, George W.--Political activity, Carter, Jimmy--Political activity, Presidential elections--History, Presidents--Elections, Presidents--History, United States. Congress--History, United States. Congress--Political activity
The Last One Hundred Days. by William G. Howell , Kenneth...curious thing happens during the last one hundred days of a presidential administration: political...typically during an administrations first hundred days--precisely when presidents are least...
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Leaving - How Can It Be Time, Ms. Wassermann Wonders, for Her to Pack Up Her Belongings and Leave Teaching, When She Feels Energetic Enough to Take on Another Hundred Years of Classes? What Will the Days Be like without the Excitement and Challenges That Are Such Concomitants of a Teaching Life?
Journal article by Selma Wassermann; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 83, 2002
Subjects: Job satisfaction--Social aspects, Retirement--Psychological aspects, Teachers--Selection, appointment, resignation, etc., Teaching--Psychological aspects
...energetic enough to take on another hundred years of classes? What will the days be like without the excitement and challenges...energetic enough to take on another hundred years of classes? What will the days be like from now on, without the excitement...
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My Hundred Days: Not Even the Most Cynical Guessed What Would Be the Biggest Difficulty in Booting Poland's Communists Out
Magazine article by Radek Sikorski; National Review, Vol. 44, July 20, 1992
Subjects: Espionage, Polish--Political aspects, Intelligence service--Poland, Poland--Political aspects, Polish United Workers' Party--Political activity
My Hundred Days: Not Even the Most Cynical Guessed What...investments in Poland. Throughout my hundred days in office, not once did a Polish journalist...middle, could still go either way. If my hundred days mattered, it was because they coincided...
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The First of the Hundred Days: March 4th, 1933
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 58, March 2008
Subjects: Great Depression, 1929-1934, President of the United States--Influence, Roosevelt, Franklin D.--Influence
The First of the Hundred Days: March 4th, 1933. Though criticized by conservatives in his...both houses of Congress would enable him to introduce the dramatic Hundred Days of legislation that he propelled through after his inauguration...
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The First Hundred Days
Magazine article by Lisa Leiter; Insight on the News, Vol. 11, May 1, 1995
Subjects: Budget--Laws, regulations, etc., Legislation--Interpretation and construction, Term limits--Laws, regulations, etc., United States. Congress--Political activity, Welfare reform--Laws, regulations, etc.
The first hundred days by Lisa Leiter House Republicans...into one of the most productive first 100 days in congressional history, and they finished...Contract With America" on April 5, nine days before their self-imposed deadline. Pushing...
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Could You Share a Pint with a Man Who Killed Your Family? Every Day for a Hundred Days, about 9,000 Rwandans Were Slaughtered by Their Own Countrymen. A Decade on, Reconciliation Is Beginning. John Carlin Listened to the Confession of One Mass Murderer
Magazine article by John Carlin; New Statesman, Vol. 132, September 15, 2003
Subjects: Genocide--History, Genocide--Personal narratives, Mass murder--History, Mass murder--Personal narratives, Rwanda--History
...killed your family? Every day for a hundred days, about 9,000 Rwandans were slaughtered...Center were butchered every day for a hundred days, it seems an impossible dream. The...siege of the church lasted four days and four nights. What went through...
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The Big Smoke: One Hundred Years Ago, Thick Smogs Regularly Brought London to a Standstill, Cast Day into Night and Killed Thousands. as Scientists Debate Current Issues of Pollution and Air Quality at London's Environment and Future Conference, Dr John E Thornes and Gemma Metherell Take Us Back to the Days of Turner, Monet and the London 'Peasouper'
Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 74, September 2002
Subjects: Air pollution--History, London, England--History, Smog--History
The big smoke: one hundred years ago, thick smogs regularly...Metherell take us back to the days of Turner, Monet and the London...several of which were made on days of great visibility in the country...for the first time in several hundred years. The fog was making...
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Letter: One Hundred Days and Nothing Has Changed
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), October 8, 2007
Letter: One Hundred Days and Nothing Has Changed. Byline: ANDREW MITCHELL MP Dear Editor, One hundred days have now passed since Gordon Brown...into unaccountable bureaucracy. One hundred days later we are left with nothing new...
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POLICE: MADDIE 'COULD BE DEAD'; HUNDRED DAYS: Madeleine McCann Vanished on the Night of May 3 HAND IN HAND IN HOPE: Gerry and Kate McCann Leaving Yesterday's Church Service for Madeleine
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), August 12, 2007
...MADDIE COULD BE DEAD; HUNDRED DAYS: Madeleine McCann Vanished...been missing for 100 days. We havenot given up...remark made, there are hundreds and hundreds ofwellwishers and well-meaning...Healy weremarking the 100 days by manning a stall in...
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Billie's a Waste of Time; It'll Be Alright on the Phoenix Nights Doctor Who BBC1, Saturday ..... C4, Monday ..... One Hundred and Eighty: The Tour C4, Monday ..... Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind C4, Sunday ..... the Queen at 80 BBC1, Sunday ..... Ten Days ThatMade the Queen C4, Thursday ....
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), April 23, 2006
Subjects: Doctor Who (Television program)--Television program reviews, Television programs--Television program reviews
...Saturday ..... C4, Monday ..... One Hundred and Eighty: The Tour C4, Monday...at 80 BBC1, Sunday ..... Ten Days ThatMade the Queen C4, Thursday...But later, as I watched One Hundred And Eighty, the documentary...and better than Channel 4s Ten Days That Made The Queen, which purported...
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Hundred Concerts in Five Days to Launch New Arts Centre; State of the Art: One of the Concert Halls at Kings Place. Opening Events at the Centre Include Jazz, Beethoven and Sculpture
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 1, 2008
Subjects: Arts centers
Hundred Concerts in Five Days to Launch New Arts Centre; State of the...launched with 100 concerts in its first five days. Kings Place at Battlebridge Basin, Kings...a meal or drink. After the first five days the regular programme gets under way...
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MY HOT ONE HUNDRED; First Minister Alex Salmond Tells Daily Record Political Editor Magnus Gardham Why the SNP's First 100 Days in Power Have Been a Success
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), August 23, 2007
MY HOT ONE HUNDRED; First Minister Alex Salmond...Gardham Why the SNPs First 100 Days in Power Have Been a Success...set out to in your first 100 days as First Minister? A WE have made progress on all of our 100 days programme and delivered in...
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encyclopedia articles on: Hundred Days  - 54 results

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1.
Hundred Days
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HUNDRED DAYS name given to the period after the return of the deposed French emperor, Napoleon I , from Elba. The Hundred Days are counted from Mar. 20, 1815, when Napoleon arrived in Paris, to June...
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Bignon, Louis Pierre Édouard
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...French diplomat and historian. He held diplomatic posts under Napoleon, was acting minister of foreign affairs during the Hundred Days, and signed the surrender of Paris after Waterloo. A member of the chamber of deputies in the Restoration, he was (1830...
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Grouchy, Emmanuel, Marquis De
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...general in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. He was made a marshal after Napoleons return from Elba during the Hundred Days. His questionable tactical decisions his failure to prevent the Prussians from joining the English are often thought...
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Clausel, Bertrand
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Napoleonic campaigns, particularly in the Peninsular War, he was created count (1813). He joined Napoleon in the Hundred Days (1815) and after the Restoration spent some time in exile in the United States, returning (1820) to France to become...
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Restoration , in French History
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Emperor Napoleon I and the return of the Bourbon king, Louis XVIII, but was interrupted (1815) by Napoleons return (the Hundred Days ). After Napoleons defeat at Waterloo, Louis XVIII was again restored as king of France. The Bourbon regime was responsible...
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