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Winfield Scott saw action in all the major wars of the early American republic in a military career spanning half a century.
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In 1813, William I of the House of Orange-Nassau returned to the Netherlands after exile and restored the Dutch monarchy to power.
In 1810, Emperor Napoleon I ousted his own brother Louis Bonaparte as King of Holland to exert greater control over the country’s resources.
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