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Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

1762 - 1833

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Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Count Jourdan (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist ʒuʁdɑ̃]; 29 April 1762 – 23 November 1833), was a French military commander who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was made a Marshal of the Empire by Emperor Napoleon I in 1804. He was also a Jacobin politician during the Directory phase of the French Revolution, serving as member of the Council of Five Hundred between 1797 and 1799. One of the most successful commanders of the French Revolutionary Army, Jourdan is best remembered in the Revolution for leading the French to a decisive victory over the First Coalition at the Battle of Fleurus, during the Flanders campaign. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste Jourdan is the 412th most popular military personnel (down from 399th in 2019), the 1,167th most popular biography from France (down from 1,105th in 2019) and the 47th most popular French Military Personnel.

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan was a French general who served in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He is most famous for leading the French army to victory at the Battle of Fleurus in 1794.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ranks 412 out of 2,058. Before him are Honda Tadakatsu, Kirill Meretskov, Erich Kempka, Vladimir Gelfand, Otto Kretschmer, and Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz. After him are Vasily Sokolovsky, Jean-Charles Pichegru, Günther Lütjens, Günther Prien, Sanada Yukimura, and Thomas the Slav.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ranks 7. Before him are George IV of the United Kingdom, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Constanze Mozart, André Chénier, Pierre André Latreille, and Thomas-Alexandre Dumas. After him are Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Theroigne de Mericourt, Jacques Balmat, Gia Long, Spencer Perceval, and María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba. Among people deceased in 1833, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ranks 12. Before him are Richard Trevithick, Adrien-Marie Legendre, Seraphim of Sarov, Pierre André Latreille, Oliver Wolcott Jr., and William Wilberforce. After him are Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Hugh Glass, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Edmund Kean, Abbas Mirza, and Adamantios Korais.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ranks 1,167 out of 6,770. Before him are Lionel Jospin (1937), Antoine Destutt de Tracy (1754), Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208), Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802), Leonard of Noblac (496), and Nicolas Leblanc (1742). After him are Édouard Lucas (1842), André Bazin (1918), Marion Cotillard (1975), Stéphane Grappelli (1908), Kylian Mbappé (1998), and Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ranks 47. Before him are Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), Guillaume Brune (1763), Henri Giraud (1879), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), and Jean II Le Maingre (1366). After him are Jean-Charles Pichegru (1761), La Hire (1390), Tarrare (1772), Nicolas Chauvin (1790), François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg (1628), and Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393).

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