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). https://www.worldhistory.org/Jean-Baptiste_Jourdan/ #History #BattleofFleurus #BattleofVitoria #DukeofWellington

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. #History #ReignOfTerror #FrenchRevolution #BattleOfFleurus #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Jean-Baptiste_Jourdan/

Louis-Antoine de Saint-Just (1767-1794) was a prominent figure of the French Revolution (1789-1799). After his election to the National Convention in September 1792, he led the push for the execution of King Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792) and was instrumental in the drafting of radical Jacobin legislation like the Ventôse Decrees and the Constitution of 1793. https://www.worldhistory.org/Louis-Antoine_de_Saint-Just/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Zapier&utm_campaign=whencyclopedia #history #ReignOfTerror #FrenchRevolution #BattleOfFleurus