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François Achille Bazaine

1811 - 1888

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François Achille Bazaine (13 February 1811 – 23 September 1888) was an officer of the French army. Rising from the ranks, during four decades of distinguished service (including 35 years on campaign) under Louis-Philippe and then Napoleon III, he held every rank in the army from fusilier to Marshal of France, the latter in 1863. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Achille Bazaine is the 297th most popular military personnel (up from 371st in 2019), the 896th most popular biography from France (up from 1,031st in 2019) and the 33rd most popular French Military Personnel.

François Achille Bazaine was a French general who served in the Franco-Prussian War. He is most famous for his surrender of Metz and his army to the Prussians.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, François Achille Bazaine ranks 297 out of 2,058. Before him are Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Maurice Benyovszky, Reinhard Gehlen, Svetozar Boroević, Qutayba ibn Muslim, and Yermak Timofeyevich. After him are Vasily Stalin, Ernest King, Tōgō Heihachirō, Ivan Bagramyan, Andranik, and Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, François Achille Bazaine ranks 14. Before him are William Makepeace Thackeray, Isaac Singer, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Vissarion Belinsky, and Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern. After him are Louis Blanc, Ambroise Thomas, Elisha Otis, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, George Gilbert Scott, and Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. Among people deceased in 1888, François Achille Bazaine ranks 11. Before him are Frederick III, German Emperor, Rudolf Clausius, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Carl Zeiss, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, and Nikolay Przhevalsky. After him are Anton Mauve, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Paul Langerhans, Johannes Zukertort, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, and Theodor Storm.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Achille Bazaine ranks 896 out of 6,770. Before him are Frédéric Bastiat (1801), Saint Remigius (437), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Emmanuelle Riva (1927), Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838), and Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932). After him are Paul Mauriat (1925), Émile Borel (1871), Jean-Marie Balestre (1921), Theuderic II (587), Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (1974), and Joan the Lame (1293).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, François Achille Bazaine ranks 33. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy (1766), Bertrand du Guesclin (1320), Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770), Robert Nivelle (1856), and Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763). After him are Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno (1764), Nicolas Oudinot (1767), Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), François Christophe de Kellermann (1735), Charles François Dumouriez (1739), and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889).

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