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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 20:30, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Marie André Cantillon

Cantillon in an 1818 depiction
Cantillon in an 1818 depiction
  • ... that Marie André Cantillon was awarded 10,000 francs in Napoleon's will for a failed assassination attempt on the Duke of Wellington? "Shortly before his death on May 5th, 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte, in exile on St Helena, wrote a codicil to his will, bequeathing 10,000 francs (about £500) to a former sub-lieutenant in the army, Marie André Cantillon, in recognition of his attempt to assassinate the Duke of Wellington." from: Fahey, Denis (26 April 2021). "Bonaparte – Denis Fahey on Napoleon's Irish connections". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:11, 10 June 2021 (UTC).

  • General eligibility:

Policy compliance:

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Dumelow: A really interesting article that you made. I never knew about this and it is really interesting seeing Napoleon's spite still being around after his defeat at Waterloo. Jon698 (talk) 00:47, 11 June 2021 (UTC)


Thanks for the review Jon698 and for uploading a new image (I looked unsuccessfully for an unwatermarked version and am glad you found one) - Dumelow (talk) 07:57, 11 June 2021 (UTC)