Le 200e anniversaire de la bataille de Waterloo a été commémoré les 17, 18 et 19 juin en Belgique. Les trois jours de commémoration de la bataille historique de Waterloo ont accueilli plus de 5 000 acteurs dans les reconstitutions et de nombreux dignitaires européens. Cette bataille de 1815 a mené au renversement de Napoléon Bonaparte et à la restauration de la royauté en France, avec l’avènement de Louis XVIII sur le trône français.
Re-enactors reconstruct « The French Attack » as part of the commemoration of the bicentenary of the battle of Waterloo in Braine-l’Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium on Friday, June 19, 2015. Over two days, 5000 re-enactors, 300 horses and 100 canons will reconstruct two phases of the battle of Waterloo. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Re-enactors reconstruct « The French Attack » as part of the commemoration of the bicentenary of the battle of Waterloo in Braine-l’Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium on Friday, June 19, 2015. Over two days, 5000 re-enactors, 300 horses and 100 canons will reconstruct two phases of the battle of Waterloo. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Re-enactors reconstruct « The French Attack » as part of the commemoration of the bicentenary of the battle of Waterloo in Braine-l’Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium on Friday, June 19, 2015. Over two days, 5000 re-enactors, 300 horses and 100 canons will reconstruct two phases of the battle of Waterloo. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Re-enactors prepare for a reconstruction to be held later Friday evening of « The French Attack », part of the commemoration of the bicentenary of the battle of Waterloo in Braine-l’Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium, Friday, June 19, 2015. Over two days, 5000 re-enactors, 300 horses and 100 canons will reconstruct two phases of the battle of Waterloo. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Re-enactors prepare for this evenings reconstruction of « The French Attack » as part of the commemoration of the bicentenary of the battle of Waterloo in Braine-l’Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium on Friday, June 19, 2015. Over two days, 5000 re-enactors, 300 horses and 100 canons will reconstruct two phases of the battle of Waterloo. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Belgium’s King Philippe, 3rd left, and Queen Mathilde, 2nd left, together with Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Henri, left, Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima, 2nd right, and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent attend the official belgian ceremony to commemorate the bicentenary of the battle of Waterloo at the Lion’s Mound in Braine-l’Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium on Thursday, June 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert,pool)
Re-enactors depict scenes during the show « Inferno », as part of the commemoration of the bicentenary of the battle of Waterloo in Braine-l’Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium on Thursday, June 18, 2015. Royalty, dignitaries and soldiers commemorated the 1815 Battle of Waterloo on Thursday, a watershed moment in European history that marked the end of the continent’s domination by France and its emperor Napoleon and the beginning of the British century. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Re-enactors depict scenes during the show « Inferno », as part of the commemoration of the bicentenary of the battle of Waterloo in Braine-l’Alleud, near Waterloo, Belgium on Thursday, June 18, 2015. Royalty, dignitaries and soldiers commemorated the 1815 Battle of Waterloo on Thursday, a watershed moment in European history that marked the end of the continent’s domination by France and its emperor Napoleon and the beginning of the British century. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)