HUNDRED DAYS (Fr. Cent Jours)

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HUNDRED DAYS (Fr. Cent Jours) , the name commonly given to the period between the loth of

March

MARCH
MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in
French
appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to
beat
- BEAT (a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages; it is connected with the similar Romanic words derived from the Late Lat. battere)
the road with the
regular
- REGULAR
tread of a soldier: cf.
MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
MARCH, EARLS OF
FRANCIS
_ANDREW_1825_.html">MARCH,
FRANCIS
ANDREW (1825– )

1815, the date on which

Napoleon

NAPOLEON

arrived in Paris after his return from

Elba

ELBA (Gr. AiWaXla; Lat. Ilva)

, and the 28th of June 1815, the date of the restoration of Louis XVIII. The phrase Cent Jours was first used by the prefect of Paris, the comte de Chabrol, in his speech welcoming the king. See

NAPOLEON

NAPOLEON

, and

FRANCE

FRANCE
FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

History

HISTORY

.

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