During a preliminary selection Choosing the bids of Barcelona , Palma de Mallorca , Porto Cervo and Elba were eliminated Removing .

The Hundred Days ( ) marked Recording the period between Napoleon 's return Arriving from exile on the island of Elba to Paris on20 March 1815 and the second restoration of King Louis XVIII on 8 July 1815 ( a period of 111 days ) .

The Siege of Porto Ferrajo was a French attempt to force Control the surrender of the Tuscan fortress town of Porto Ferrajo ( now Portoferraio ) on the island of Elba following the French occupation of mainland Tuscany in 1801 during the French Revolutionary Wars .