On this day in 1815, Marshal Michel Ney is executed for treason by the restored Bourbon monarchy following Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo six months earlier. Refusing a blindfold he famously taunts the firing squad: “Come and see how a Marshal of France meets his death!”
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