Alexandre François Marie, Vicomte de Beauharnais ( May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ...May 28, Events January 9 _ Afghans defeat Marathas in Battle of Barari Ghat. ...1760 _ July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ...July 23, Events February 11 _ 1st session of the United States Senate is open to the public. ...1794) was a France _ Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...French A politician is an individual involved in politics, sometimes this may include political scientists. ...political figure and General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. ...general. He was the first husband of Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress Joséphine Joséphine de Beauharnais (June 23, 1763 - May 29, 1814) was the first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte, and became Empress of France. ...Joséphine de Beauharnais, who later married Bonaparte as general Napoleon Bonaparte ( 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a general of the French Revolution and was the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18, 1804, then as Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français...Napoléon Bonaparte, and became Empress of France _ Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...France.

His paternal grandparents Claude de Beauharnais ( Events First Portuguese governor was appointed to Macau The Swedish city Karlskrona was founded as the Royal Swedish Navy relocated there. ...1680 _ Events April 15 _ _ Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. ...1738) and Renee Hardouineau ( The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ...1696 _ Events The third French and Indian War, known as King Georges War, breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia Ongoing events War of the Austrian Succession (1740_1748) Births May 19 _ Charlotte of Mecklenburg_Strelitz, Queen_Consort of King George III of Great Britain July 17 _Elbridge Gerry, American...1744) were married in The entrance to the old La Rochelle harbour, with the two 14th century towers. ...La Rochelle during Events April 11 _ War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht June 23 _ French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada first Orrery built by George Graham Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700_1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702_1713...1713. His father François de Beauharnais, A Marquess is a nobleman of hereditary rank in Europe and Japan. ...Marquess de la Ferte_Beauharnais ( Events August 1 _ George, elector of Hanover becomes King George I of Great Britain. ...1714 _ 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...1800) served as a governor of Martinique. Alexandre was the third son born to him by his first wife Marie Henriette Pyvart de Chastullé ( Events Abraham De Moivre states De Moivres theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers Publication of the first book of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier Fall of Persias Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people. ...1722 _ Events The Burmese army captures the Thai capital of Ayutthaya, and destroys the city. ...1767). His father was remarried in 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ...1796 to Eugenie Tascher de la Pagerie ( Events March 20 _ Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne, including the Kohinoor September 9 _ Stono Rebellion erupts near Charleston September 18 _ Treaty of Belgrade signed October 3 _ Treaty of Nissa signed October 23 _ Great Britain declares war on Spain. ...1739 _ Events January 30 _ Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to discuss, and possibly buy, New Orleans. ...1803).

Alexandre was born in Fort_Royal (today's Fort_de_France is the capital of Frances Caribbean département doutre_mer of Martinique. ...Fort_de_France), The département of Martinique is an overseas département (département doutre_mer, or DOM) of France, located in the Caribbean Sea. ...Martinique. On December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...December 13, Events The Iron Bridge is completed across the Severn river in Shropshire; the first all cast_iron bridge ever constructed. ...1779, he married Joséphine Tascher de la Pagerie, the future Empress of France. They had two children:

• Eugène Rose de Beauharnais (September 3, 1781 - February 21, 1824) was the first child and only son of Joséphine de Tascher de la Pagerie and Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais. ...Eugène de Beauharnais ( September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ...September 3, Events January 5 _ American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold. ...1781 _ February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...February 21, 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...1824).
• Hortense de Beauharnais depicted in Queen Hortense _ A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era, 1910 Hortense de Beauharnais (April 10, 1783 _ October 5, 1837), was the Queen of Holland and mother of the Emperor Napoleon III of France. ...Hortense de Beauharnais ( April 10 is the 100th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (101st in leap years). ...April 10, Events February 3 _ Spain recognizes United States independence. ...1783 _ October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ...October 5, Events January 10 _ DePauw University founded in Greencastle, Indiana January 26 _ Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state February 8 _ Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate February 11 _ American Physiological Society organizes in Boston February 13 _ Rowland...1837), later mother of ...Napoleon III of France.

Alexandre fought in Louis XVI Louis XVI (August 23, 1754 _ January 21, 1793), was King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then King of the French in 1791_1792. ...Louis XVI's army in the The American Revolutionary War ( 1775– 1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ...American Revolutionary War. He was later deputy of the nobility at the The Estates_General of 1789 was the first meeting of the French Estates_General, a general assembly consisting of representatives from all but the poorest segment of the French citizenry, since 1614. ...Estates_General, and was president of the The National Constituent Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale constituante) was formed from the National Assembly on July 9, 1789, during the first stages of the French Revolution. ...National Constituent Assembly from June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ...June 19 to July 3 _ Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...July 3, Events January 25 _ The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791, splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada March 3 _ The U.S. Congress passes a resolution calling for the establishment of the United States Mint (U.S. Mint not created until next year). ...1791 and from July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ...July 31 to August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ...August 14, 1791. Made a general in 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...1792, he refused in June 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...1793 to become Ministry of War. He was named general in chief of the Army of the Rhine in 1793.

On March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ...March 2, Events February 11 _ 1st session of the United States Senate is open to the public. ...1794, the This article needs cleanup. ...Committee of General Security ordered his arrest. Accused of having poorly defended Map of Germany showing Mainz Mainz (French Mayence) is a city in Germany, which is the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland_Palatinate. ...Mayence in 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...1793, and considered an aristocratic "suspect", he was jailed in the Carmes prison and sentenced to death, during the The Reign of Terror (June 1793 _ July 1794) was a period in the French Revolution characterized by brutal repression. ...Reign of Terror. His wife was jailed in the same prison on April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ...April 21, 1794, but she was freed after three months, thanks to the trial of Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre, (May 6, 1758–July 28, 1794), known also to his contemporaries as the Incorruptible, is one of the best known of the leaders of the French Revolution. ...Robespierre. Alexandre was Public guillotining in Lons_le_Saunier, 1878 The guillotine is a machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation. ...guillotined, together with his brother Augustin, on the Place de la Révolution (today's Place de la Concorde in 1885 Located at the foot of the Champs_Élysées in Paris, France, the Place de la Concorde was designed by Jacques Ange Gabriel in 1755 as a moat_skirted octagon between the Champs_Élysées to the west and the Tuileries Gardens to the...Place de la Concorde) in Paris.

External link

• A listing of the descedants of the Beauharnais Family (http://genealogy.euweb.cz/french/beauh.html)