On which island did Napoleon die in 1821?

Napoleon died on the island of Saint Helena on 5 May 1821. He died at Longwood House, where he had lived as a British prisoner after his final defeat and abdication.

Saint Helena is a remote volcanic island in the South Atlantic, far from continental Europe. After escaping exile on Elba and returning to power in 1815, Napoleon was defeated by the allied armies at Waterloo. The British government chose Saint Helena for his second exile because its distance and naval surroundings made escape extremely unlikely.

Napoleon arrived there in October 1815 with a small entourage. His health deteriorated during years of confinement, and he suffered stomach pain, nausea and vomiting. An autopsy attributed his death to stomach cancer, though later theories have proposed other contributing factors. He was 51 years old.

His remains were initially buried on Saint Helena in the Valley of the Tomb. In 1840, nearly two decades after his death, they were transferred to France and ceremonially reburied at Les Invalides in Paris. The main geographical mix-up is with Elba: Napoleon was exiled there first, escaped in 1815, and lived on Saint Helena during his final exile.