 At the origin of the military port, Napoleon (1769–1821), who visited the city in 1811, ""Revient"" in Cherbourg in 1840 during the return of his remains to France, aboard "La Belle Poule", before being taken to Les Invalides.A transatlantic port of the 20th century, Cherbourg saw Hollywood stars arrive, such as Charlie Chaplin, who organised his disembarkation in 1952 to a press conference in the "gare maritime", critical of the McCarthyist America that he left.The port saw a lot of famous people, including businessman Benjamin Guggenheim (1865–1912) for his fatal voyage on the Titanic.