Article / Updated 03-26-2016
Waterloo is a small town a few miles south of Brussels, Belgium. It's an unassuming place, with a church, a few inns, and some homes surrounded by old stone farmhouses and lots of open fields. Those farms and fields are its claim to fame, because one of the most famous battles in history was fought on them. The Battle of Waterloo, as it has come to be known, is always included on lists of battles that changed the course of history.