1. Surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon

    · Basque Roads off Rochefort, Bay of Biscay, France

    Surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon
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    Blocked from sailing to the United States, Napoleon surrendered to Captain Frederick Maitland aboard the British warship off Rochefort. Coordinates are a representative offshore point in Basque Roads; the shipboard position is not precisely stated.

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