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Military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars

  • Charles XIV JohnJean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte was born on the 26th of January 1763 in Pau, the capital of Béarn. He entered the army as a private soldier on the 3rd of…
  • Toussaint LouvertureFrançois-Dominique Toussaint Louverture was born on the 20th of May 1743 into slavery at the Bréda plantation in Haut-du-Cap, Saint-Domingue.