GENEVA — A diamond brooch that Napoleon lost while the French emperor and his forces were retreating from the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 sold for approximately $4.4 million (more than 3.5 million ...

Why We’d Be Better Off if Napoleon Never Lost at Waterloo On the bicentennial of the most famous battle in world history, a distinguished historian looks at what could have been Andrew Roberts June ...

A Sotheby's employee displays a green beryl, over 132 carats, which Napoleon was said to have worn at his 1804 coronation, during a preview at Sotheby's in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday Nov. 6, 2025.

A diamond brooch that French emperor Napoleon lost while fleeing from the Battle of Waterloo in the early 19th century sold for more than 3.5 million Swiss francs — about $4.4 million — at a Geneva ...

"Come general, the affair is over, we have lost the day," Napoleon told one of his officers. "Let us be off." The day was June 18, 1815. By about 8 p.m., the emperor of France knew he had been ...

GENEVA (AP) — A diamond brooch that French emperor Napoleon lost while fleeing from the Battle of Waterloo in the early 19th century sold for more than 3.5 million Swiss francs (about $4.4 million) at ...