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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

1762 - 1833

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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. 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Baptiste Jourdan has received more than 314,492 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Jean-Baptiste Jourdan is the 367th most popular military personnel (up from 373rd in 2019), the 1,022nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,076th in 2019) and the 42nd 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 367 out of 1,468Before him are Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Otto Kretschmer, Huang Zhong, Kul Tigin, Georg von Frundsberg, and Vasily Arkhipov. After him are Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, Datis, Henri Giraud, Choe Yeong, Luigi Cadorna, and Viktor Lutze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1762, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ranks 5Before him are Johann Gottlieb Fichte, George IV of the United Kingdom, Constanze Mozart, and André Chénier. After him are Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Gia Long, Theroigne de Mericourt, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Jacques Balmat, and Pierre André Latreille. Among people deceased in 1833, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ranks 11Before him are Adrien-Marie Legendre, Seraphim of Sarov, Marie-Antoine Carême, Ram Mohan Roy, Hugh Glass, and William Wilberforce. After him are Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Abbas Mirza, Pierre André Latreille, and Edmund Kean.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ranks 1,022 out of 6,011Before him are Joseph Liouville (1809), Abel Gance (1889), Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895), Éric Zemmour (1958), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), and Henri, Prince of Condé (1588). After him are Jean de Joinville (1224), Claudine Auger (1941), Jules de Polignac (1780), Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895), Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine (1670), and Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan ranks 42Before him are Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1889), Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), Pierre Augereau (1757), Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847), and Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768). After him are Henri Giraud (1879), Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), La Hire (1390), Georges Picquart (1854), Nicolas Chauvin (1790), and Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770).