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Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, 1st Count Jourdan (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.
Apr 25, 2024 · Jean-Baptiste, Count Jourdan (born April 29, 1762, Limoges, Fr.—died Nov. 23, 1833, Paris) was a military commander remembered as the sponsor of conscription during the French Revolutionary regime and as one of Napoleon’s marshals of the empire.
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Apr 6, 2023 · Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762-1833) was a French general who held significant commands in the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) and the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). He won a major victory for the French Republic at the Battle of Fleurus in 1794 and was among the first 14 men to be appointed marshal of the empire by Napoleon I in 1804.
- Jean-Baptiste Jourdan was a French general who served in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was appointed 'marshal of the em...
- Jourdan's Law was a law passed by the First French Republic on 5 September 1798, calling for the mass conscription of all unmarried men between the...
- The Battle of Fleurus (26 June 1794) was fought by an army of the French Republic, led by Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and an army of the First Coalition...
- Jean-Baptiste Jourdan was appointed 'marshal of the empire' by Napoleon I in May 1804.
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Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, né le 29 avril 1762 à Limoges dans la Haute-Vienne et mort le 23 novembre 1833 à Paris, est un militaire français ayant accédé à la dignité de maréchal d'Empire. Fils de chirurgien, il est éduqué par son oncle à la mort de ses parents et décide de s'engager dans l'armée royale.
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762-1833) was a French general who held significant commands in the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) and the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). He won a major victory for the French Republic at the Battle of Fleurus in 1794 and was among the first 14 men to be appointed marshal of the empire by Napoleon I in 1804.
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The Battle of Fleurus, on 26 June 1794, was an engagement during the War of the First Coalition, between the army of the First French Republic, under General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and the Coalition army (Britain, Hanover, Dutch Republic, and Habsburg monarchy), commanded by Prince Josias of Coburg, in the most significant battle of the ...
Jean Baptiste Jourdan (zhäN bätēst´ zhōōrdäN´), 1762–1833, marshal of France. He fought in the American Revolution, and in the French Revolutionary Wars he commanded the Army of the North to Wattignies (1793), won a decisive victory at Fleurus (1794), and led the army of Sambre-et-Meuse into Cologne (1794).
