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Second Restoration

Name: Second Restoration
Start: 1815-07-08
End: 1815-07-08
Location: Paris

When: 8 July 1815
Where: Paris
Part of: Fall of Napoleon: abdication, surrender, exile and the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1815)

Louis XVIII was restored as King of France on 8 July 1815, ending the Hundred Days.

Louis XVIII, known as the Desired, was King of France from 1814 to 1824, except for a brief interruption during the Hundred Days in 1815. The Hundred Days marked the period between Napoleon's return to Paris on 20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815.

Sources

Louis XVIII Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-06
Hundred Days Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25

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