Waterloo (Flemish pronunciation:
[watəʀˈloː]) is a
Walloon municipality located in the province of
Walloon Brabant,
Belgium. Waterloo's claim to fame is the
Battle of Waterloo (
June 18,
1815) between the
First French Empire of
Napoleon Bonaparte and the
Alliance of the Seventh Coalition (the
United Kingdom,
Prussia,
Austria and others), under the main allied commanders, the
Duke of Wellington and
General von Blücher. (Wikipedia)