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Carl Johan Adlercreutz

1759 - 1815

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Carl Johan Adlercreutz (27 April 1757 – 21 August 1815) was a Swedish general and statesman, born in Borgå (Porvoo), Finland on family estates. Entering the Swedish army aged 13 in the Finnish Light Cavalry Brigade, he was present when Gustav III launched his coup-d’etat. He studied military theory in Stockholm. In 1777 he joined the Savo Brigade guarding the Finnish border against Russian aggression. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Johan Adlercreutz is the 1,489th most popular military personnel (down from 1,389th in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from Finland (down from 137th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Finnish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Carl Johan Adlercreutz ranks 1,489 out of 2,058. Before him are Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Kijirō Nambu, Alexander of Lyncestis, Sergei Khudyakov, Tzachas, and Guillaume Philibert Duhesme. After him are Attalus, Naser Orić, Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy, Kuroki Tamemoto, Oleg Salyukov, and Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Carl Johan Adlercreutz ranks 31. Before him are Matsudaira Sadanobu, Franz Krommer, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Ferenc Kazinczy, Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, and William Playfair. After him are Maximilian von Montgelas, Jakob II Bernoulli, Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, Josepha Weber, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, and August Wilhelm Iffland. Among people deceased in 1815, Carl Johan Adlercreutz ranks 27. Before him are Matthias Claudius, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Torii Kiyonaga, Solomon II of Imereti, John Singleton Copley, and Guillaume Philibert Duhesme. After him are Francesco Bartolozzi, William Roxburgh, Johann Peter Salomon, William Nicholson, Jakub Jan Ryba, and Benjamin Smith Barton.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Carl Johan Adlercreutz ranks 178 out of 751. Before him are Tuomas Holopainen (1976), Siri von Essen (1850), Magnus Enckell (1870), JJ Lehto (1966), Pekka Haavisto (1958), and Elias Katz (1901). After him are Hertta Kuusinen (1904), Jorma Panula (1930), Elmer Niklander (1890), Aino Ackté (1876), Ralf Törngren (1899), and Klaus Fleming (1535).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Finland

Among military personnels born in Finland, Carl Johan Adlercreutz ranks 7. Before him are Simo Häyhä (1905), Ernst Linder (1868), Ilmari Juutilainen (1914), Erik Heinrichs (1890), Hugo Österman (1892), and Paavo Talvela (1897). After him are Woldemar Hägglund (1893), Ali Aaltonen (1884), Oskar Gripenberg (1838), Kurt Martti Wallenius (1893), Ruben Lagus (1896), and Adolf Ehrnrooth (1905).

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