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François Joseph Lefebvre

1755 to 1820 3 documented presences 3 places

Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for François Joseph Lefebvre across 3 places, from 1755 to 1820. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

François Joseph Lefebvre, Duke of Danzig (25 October 1755 – 14 September 1820) was a French military commander of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, and one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where François Joseph Lefebvre was documented, and when

28 May 1755exact date
Rouffachattested “Lefebvre was born on 28 May 1755 in Rouffach, Alsace, the son of a miller and retired hussar.” source: Wikipedia: François Joseph Lefebvre
14 September 1820exact date
Parisattested “He died in Paris on 14 September 1820, and was buried near André Masséna at the Père-Lachaise Cemetery.” source: Wikipedia: François Joseph Lefebvre
14 September 1820exact date
Père-Lachaise Cemeteryattested “He died in Paris on 14 September 1820, and was buried near André Masséna at the Père-Lachaise Cemetery.” source: Wikipedia: François Joseph Lefebvre

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Places François Joseph Lefebvre is documented in

Paris1 presence · 1820
Père-Lachaise Cemetery1 presence · 1820
Rouffach1 presence · 1755

Other places tied to François Joseph Lefebvre in the record

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1789year
Parismentioned “Lefebvre was in Paris at the time of the Storming of the Bastille in 1789 and, like his close friend, Michel Ordener, he embraced the French Revolution.” source: Wikipedia: François Joseph Lefebvre
31 October 1808exact date
Peninsular Warmentioned “In 1808, Lefebvre took part in Napoleon's campaign in the Peninsular War, defeating the Spanish at the Battle of Zornoza on 31 October 1808.” source: Wikipedia: François Joseph Lefebvre
31 October 1808exact date
Battle of Zornozamentioned “In 1808, Lefebvre took part in Napoleon's campaign in the Peninsular War, defeating the Spanish at the Battle of Zornoza on 31 October 1808.” source: Wikipedia: François Joseph Lefebvre
31 October 1808exact date
Napoleon'smentioned “In 1808, Lefebvre took part in Napoleon's campaign in the Peninsular War, defeating the Spanish at the Battle of Zornoza on 31 October 1808.” source: Wikipedia: François Joseph Lefebvre
1812year
Battle of Borodinomentioned “Lefebvre commanded the infantry of the Old Guard in the 1812 French invasion of Russia, and fought at the Battle of Borodino.” source: Wikipedia: François Joseph Lefebvre
19 December 1812exact date
Vilniusmentioned “According to Louise Fusil: his last son, a general, died in Vilna on 19 December 1812.” source: Wikipedia: François Joseph Lefebvre

Documented at the same place, the same year

Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresParis · 1820Matteo CarcassiParis · 1820Augustin BarruelParis · 1820

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