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Events on Friday 2 September 1870 1
1870Battle of SedanNapoleon III captured, French army destroyedPrussian and German forces decisively defeated the French Army of Chalons at Sedan on 1-2 September 1870. Emperor Napoleon III surrendered and was taken prisoner along with over 100,000 troops. The defeat triggered the collapse of the French Second Empire two days later.