Marshal of France

military distinction in contemporary France

21 dated entries naming Marshal of France, drawn from 21 separate years between 1391 CE and 1952 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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14th century

  • 1391December 25 – Jean II Le Maingre is named as the Marshal of France by King Charles V in a ceremony at the cathedral of St. Martin at Tours. Lalande, Denis, Jean II le Meingre, dit Boucicaut: (1366–1421) - étude d'une biographie héroïque, Genève 1988.source

15th century

  • 1403October 7 – Battle of Modon: The Genoese fleet under Jean Le Maingre (Marshal Boucicaut) is defeated by the Republic of Venice, at Modon in the Peloponnese.source

17th century

  • 1614April 2 – Henri de Montmorency, 3rd Duke of Montmorency, Marshal of France (b. 1534)source
  • 1695January 4 – François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Marshal of France (b. 1628)source

18th century

  • 1757October 21 – Charles-Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France and duc de Castiglione (d. 1816)source
  • 1763January 26 – Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, King Charles XIV John of Sweden and Charles III John of Norway (d. 1844)source
  • 1773April 4 – Étienne Maurice Gérard, Prime Minister and Marshal of France (d. 1852)source
  • 1784October 15 – Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and duke of Isly (d. 1849)source
  • 1795September 6 – Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers, Marshal of France (d. 1878)source

19th century

  • 1809June 27 – François Certain de Canrobert, French general, Marshal of France (d. 1895)source
  • 1810August 21 – Jean Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden, by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.source
  • 1816June 12 – Pierre Augereau, Marshal of France, duc de Castiglione (b. 1757)source
  • 1818December 25 – Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Marshal of France (b. 1754)source
  • 1838November 21 – Georges Mouton, count of Lobau, Marshal of France (b. 1770)source
  • 1849June 10 – Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France, duke of Isly (b. 1784)source
  • 1851February 28 – Guillaume Dode de la Brunerie, Marshal of France (b. 1775)source
  • 1854September 29 – Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, French general, Marshal of France, Minister of War (b. 1798)source
  • 1888December 16 – Alphonse Juin, French general, Marshal of France (d. 1967)source
  • 1889February 2 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (d. 1952)source
  • 1895January 28 – François Certain de Canrobert, French general, Marshal of France (b. 1809)source

20th century

  • 1952January 11 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general, posthumous Marshal of France (b. 1889)source

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