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People of the War of the First Coalition

  • NapoleonNapoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica on the 15th of August 1769 to Carlo Maria Buonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino.
  • Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount NelsonHoratio Nelson was born on the 29th of September 1758 at a rectory in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. He entered the Royal Navy on the 1st of January 1771 as an…
  • Francis II, Holy Roman EmperorIn 1784, a young Archduke named Francis left the sun-drenched streets of Florence for the cold stone halls of Vienna. He was only sixteen years old when his…
  • William Pitt the YoungerOn the 28th of May 1759, a boy named William Pitt was born at Hayes Place in the village of Hayes in Kent. He entered Pembroke College, Cambridge, on the…
  • Louis XVILouis-Auguste de France entered the world on the 23rd of August 1754 within the Palace of Versailles. He was the second surviving son of Louis, Dauphin of…
  • Maximilien RobespierreMaximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was baptised on the 6th of May 1758 in the city of Arras, located in Artois.
  • Ferdinand I of the Two SiciliesFerdinand was born in Naples on the 12th of January 1751. He grew up amidst monuments erected by his father, including the Palaces of Portici, Caserta and…
  • Karl Mack von LeiberichKarl Mack von Leiberich entered an Austrian cavalry regiment in 1770. He served under his uncle Georg Wilhelm Leiberich, who commanded a squadron within that…
  • Charles IV of SpainCharles IV of Spain was born on the 11th of November 1748 in Naples. He entered the world as the second son of Charles III and Maria Amalia of Saxony.
  • Joachim MuratJoachim Murat was born on the 25th of March 1767 in La Bastide-Fortunière, a small village in southwestern France. His father Pierre Murat-Jordy worked as an…
  • Jean-Baptiste KléberJean-Baptiste Kléber was born on the 9th of March 1753 in Strasbourg, where his father worked as a master builder. This humble origin shaped the early…
  • Michel NeyMichel Ney was born in the town of Sarrelouis on the 10th of January 1769. He grew up as the second son of Pierre Ney, a master cooper who had served in the…