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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Michael von Melas

1729 - 1806

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Michael Friedrich Benedikt Baron von Melas (12 May 1729 – 31 May 1806) was a Transylvanian-born field marshal of Greek descent for the Austrian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. He was born in Radeln, Transylvania (nowadays Roadeș, part of Bunești commune, Brașov County, Romania) in 1729 and joined the Austrian Army at age 17. He served in the Seven Years' War as aide de camp for Leopold Josef Graf Daun. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael von Melas has received more than 80,871 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael von Melas is the 1,170th most popular military personnel (down from 925th in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Romania (down from 156th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Romanian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Michael von Melas ranks 1,170 out of 1,468. Before him are John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, William Calley, Nina Lobkovskaya, Sidney Smith, Germanus, and Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten. After him are Johann von Aldringen, Alvin York, Gyula Cseszneky, Oku Yasukata, Fritz Darges, and James Jesus Angleton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1729, Michael von Melas ranks 22. Before him are Johann Reinhold Forster, Pierre André de Suffren, Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Gaétan Vestris, Christian Gottlob Heyne, and Anders Chydenius. After him are Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Giuseppe Parini, Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing, Michael Denis, Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny, and Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe. Among people deceased in 1806, Michael von Melas ranks 34. Before him are George Stubbs, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Gim Hongdo, Federico Gravina, Fra Diavolo, and Mathurin Jacques Brisson. After him are Jean Joseph Mounier, Horatio Gates, Charles James Fox, Karoline von Günderrode, Henry Knox, and Ignaz Schiffermüller.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Michael von Melas ranks 211 out of 665. Before him are István Avar (1905), Ion Ghica (1816), Constantin Dăscălescu (1923), Nicolae Rădescu (1874), Adrian Mutu (1979), and Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten (1860). After him are Nikolai Spathari (1636), Endre Kabos (1906), Ioan Slavici (1848), Patriarch Miron of Romania (1868), Sebastian Stan (1982), and Alexander Vencel (1944).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Romania

Among military personnels born in Romania, Michael von Melas ranks 10. Before him are Artur Phleps (1881), Ecaterina Teodoroiu (1894), Arthur Arz von Straußenburg (1857), Constantin Prezan (1861), Franz Rohr von Denta (1854), and Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten (1860). After him are Constantin Constantinescu-Claps (1884).

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