Napoleon Bonaparte suffered his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815. This decisive battle took place near Waterloo in present-day Belgium and marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon faced a coalition army led by the Duke of Wellington and Prussian forces under Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. Despite initial successes, his forces were ultimately overwhelmed, leading to his abdication and subsequent exile to Saint Helena. The Battle of Waterloo not only ended Napoleon's rule in France but also reshaped the political landscape of Europe, leading to a period of relative peace known as the Concert of Europe.