Biographies : 14
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BiographyCANROBERT, François Certain
François Certain Canrobert was born in the Lot département of France on 27 June, 1809, into a wealthy bourgeois family. Both his father and his grandfather were lawyers, and the name Certain had been added to the family name by Canrobert's father at the end of the Ancien Régime period. Antoine Certain de Canrobert, François' […]
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BiographyCARNOT, ‘The Great’, Lazare-Nicolas-Marguerite"Carnot était travailleur, sincère dans tout, sans intrigues, mais facile à tromper. Il montra toujours un grand courage moral. Il a été fidèle, probe, travailleur, et toujours vrai", Napoleon, 1810.
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BiographyCésar-Charles-Etienne, comte GUDIN DE LA SABLONNIÈRE (1768-1812), division generalBorn in Montargis (French department of the Loiret) on 13 February 1768, died in Smolensk from wounds received in Valoutina on 22 August 1812. Was a noble and son of an officer in the Artois regiment; his uncle became General Étienne Gudin.
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BiographyCHAMPAGNY, Jean-Baptiste de Nompère de, Duc de Cadore
Born in Roanne on 4 August, 1756, Champagny served in the royal navy between 1774 and 1787 and participated in the American War of Independence. Upon his return, he was made chevalier de Saint-Louis, and served as the député in the Etats généraux on behalf of the Forez nobility. He was arrested during the Terror […]
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BiographyCHENIER, Marie-Joseph-Blaise de
Marie-Joseph Chénier was born in Constantinople (modern day Turkey) on 28 August, 1764, fourth son of Louis Chenier, French consul in the city and Elisabeth Santi-Lomaca. He died in Paris on 11 January, 1811. He began his career in the army as a sous-lieutenant in the regiment Lescure-Dragons in Niort, but he soon give this […]
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BiographyCHERNICHEV, Aleksander
Alexander Chernichev was born into a prominent Russian noble family. He took part in the 1805 – 1807 campaigns distinguishing himself at Austerlitz and Friedland, before being dispatched on diplomatic missions to France in 1808. He combined a sense of superiority in his own abilities, flourishing in society, with the qualities of an excellent military […]
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BiographyCHICHAGOV, Pavel Vasilievich
Pavel Chichagov was the son of a prominent Russian admiral. He studied in the Navy Corps, before serving in the Life Guard Preobrazhensk Regiment as a sergeant in 1779. He participated in the campaign in the Mediterranean from 1782 – 1784 before becoming a naval lieutenant on 17 September 1783 and captain lieutenant on 25 […]
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BiographyCOBENZL, Ludwig
Fact file Born in Brussels, 21 November 1753, died 22 February, 1809 Austrian minister in Copenhagen, 1774 Austrian minister in Berlin, 1777 Austrian ambassador to St Petersburg, 1779 Negotiated the third treaty of the partition of Poland, 1796 Recalled to Vienna, April 1797 Negotiated the Treaty of Campo-Formio with Bonaparte, 17 October, 1797 Present at […]
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BiographyCORNWALLIS, Charles
Born in London, 1738, Charles Mann, 2nd Marquis of Cornwallis, participated in the American War of Independence (1775-1783). Despite his victories at Camden (1780) and Guilford Courthouse (1781), his capitulation at Yorktown in the face of the Franco-American forces under Rochambeau and Washington on 19 October, 1781, led directly to American independence via the Treaty of […]
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BiographyCORVISART, Jean Nicolas
Jean Nicolas Corvisart was born on 15 February, 1755, in Dricourt, in the Ardennes. Early on, he joined his uncle, a priest, near Boulogne-sur-mer, who instructed him in French and Latin. At the age of twelve, he began his schooling at the Collège Sainte-Barbe, where his intelligence, thoughtful manner and athletic abilities saw him distinguish […]