Louis-Victor Baillot, the last surviving veteran of the Battle of Waterloo, died on February 3, 1898
Louis-Victor Baillot, the last surviving veteran of the Battle of Waterloo, died on February 3, 1898, at the age of 104. In an interesting coincidence, the longest-lived Napoleonic Wars veteran, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, died exactly one year later, on February 3, 1899, at the age of 110. For more, see “Remarkable Cases of Longevity in the 19th Century.” -- source link
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