Rare memorabilia of former French Emperor Napoleon 1st, including a lock of hair cut from his head after he died in exile in 1821 on the remote island of St. Helena, have fetched 140,000 New Zealand dollars ($97,000) at auction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rare memorabilia of former French Emperor Napoleon 1st, including a lock of hair cut from his head after he died in exile in 1821 on the remote island of St. Helena, have fetched 140,000 New Zealand dollars ($97,000) at auction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1247,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/napoleon-hoped-to-conquer-britain-from-st-helena\/","url_meta":{"origin":1284,"position":0},"title":"Napoleon ‘hoped to conquer Britain from St Helena’","author":"russeltarr","date":"June 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Napoleon Bonaparte still harboured ambitions of invading Britain even as he was sailing to St Helena where he was exiled, according to a previously unseen diary.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":834,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/anniversaries-january-2010\/","url_meta":{"origin":1284,"position":1},"title":"Anniversaries for January 2010","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"December 5, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"\u2022 Here are the major events to commemorate in lessons, assemblies and extension tasks in January 2010. \u2022 To receive each month's anniversaries a couple of weeks in advance, follow the ActiveHistory Anniversaries RSS feed. \u2022 To add to this list for this or other months, please contact me with\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1636,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/historical-anniversaries-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":1284,"position":2},"title":"Historical Anniversaries for May 2011","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"April 25, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"50 years ago today (1st May 1961) Fidel Castro declared Cuba a socialist state and abolished multi-party elections 80 years ago today (1st May 1931) The Empire State Building in New York City, USA was officially opened 75 years ago today (2nd May 1936) Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie left the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1643,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/historical-anniversaries-july-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":1284,"position":3},"title":"Historical Anniversaries for July 2011","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"June 25, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"200 years ago (5 Jul 1810) Birth of P.T. 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