Napoleonic Wars
- Jean Adrin (1797–1902) — Last French veteran. In 1912 there were three Polish men who claimed to have fought at Borodino, but it is unlikely they were real veterans due to lack of documentation and the ages they claimed: the youngest was 120 and the oldest was 133.
- Geert Adriaans Boomgaard (1788–1899) — Last Dutch veteran and Europe's oldest man at the time of his death. He fought for France in the 33ème Régiment Léger.
- Louis Victor Baillot (1793–1898) also from France — Last Battle of Waterloo veteran. He also saw action at the siege of Hamburg.
- Pedro Martinez (1789–1898) — last Battle of Trafalgar veteran. He served in the Spanish navy on San Juan Nepomuceno.
- Leonard Meesters (1796–1896) — Last Belgian veteran. Fought for Napoleon.
- Josephine Mazurkewicz (1794–1896) from Poland — Last female veteran. She was an assistant surgeon in Napoleon's army and later participated in the Crimean War.
- Sir Provo Wallis (1791–1892) — Canada.
- Morris Shea (1795–1892), 73rd Foot — Last Scottish veteran.
- Joseph Sutherland (1789–1890), Royal Navy — Last English veteran and last British survivor of Trafalgar.
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“There’s in people simply an urge to destroy, an urge to kill, to murder and rage, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated, and grown will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again.”
—Anne Frank (1929–1945)