April 11, 1814 –
Able was I ere I saw Elba.
Unable to come up with an palindrome preventing it, Napoleon tried a forced retirement, for the first time, as Emperor of France, on this date.
He retaining the title of emperor and 400 volunteers to act as his guard. He was granted sovereignty over Elba and a pension from the French government. Retirement on a small island in the Mediterranean off the coast of Italy, didn’t suit him and he comes back for his metric Hundred Day campaign (see March 20).
And so it goes
The Haus of Dcaligari 