Original: The Napoleonic Era begins roughly with Napoleon Bonaparte 's coup d'état , overthrowing the Directory , establishing the French Consulate , and ends at the Hundred Days and his defeat at Waterloo ( November 9 1799 - June 28 1815 ) .
Simplified: The era ends with Hundred Days and his defeat at Waterloo ( November 9 , 1799 - June 28 , 1815 ) .