Antoine Eugène Alfred Chanzy ( March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). There are 288 days remaining. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius will and proclaims Caligula emperor. 1229 - Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor declares himself King of Jerusalem during the Sixth Crusade. 1438... 18 March Events July 15 - San Paolo fuori le Mura church in Rome almost completely destroyed by fire September 10 - Peru December 2 - US President James Monroe delivers a speech to the U.S. Congress, announcing a new policy of forbidding European interference in the Americas and establishing American neutrality in future... 1823 - January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 361 days remaining (362 in leap years). Events 871 - Battle of Reading - Ethelred of Wessex fights a Danish invasion army . 1493 - Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first journey . 1642 - English Civil War... 4 January Events January January 16 - The United States Civil service, is passed January 19 - The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service (Roselle, New Jersey) It was built by Thomas Edison. February February 16 - Ladies Home Journal is published for the first time. February 23 - Alabama becomes the first... 1883) was a The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... French General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. The title is used by land and sometimes air forces. In the navies of the world, the equivalent rank is Admiral. Its equivalent rank in the Royal Air Force... general notable for his successes in the Battle of Gravelotte Main article: Battle of Gravelotte Battle of Sedan Main article: Battle of Sedan The French were soundly defeated in several battles owing to the military superiority of the Prussian forces and their commanders. At Sedan on September 2, the French emperor Napoleon III was taken prisoner with... Franco-Prussian War, and as a governor of Algeria is a country in northern Africa with a coast on the Mediterranean Sea along the north and bordered by Tunisia in the northeast, Libya in the east, Niger in the southeast, Mali and Mauritania in the southwest, and Morocco and Western Sahara in the west (the Moroccan border is... Algeria.

Antoine Chanzy

Born in Nouart ( Ardennes is a département in the northeast of France named after the Ardennes area. History The department was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It is constituted of parts of the former provinces of Champagne and Argonne, and the... Ardennes), the son of a cavalry officer, he was educated at the naval school at For the city in Belarus, see Brest, Belarus. Location within France Brest, at the tip of Brittany Brest (population of the city: 146,000 inhabitants as of 2004 estimates; population of the metropolitan area: 303,484 inhabitants as of 1999 census) is a city in the Bretagne région... Brest, but enlisted in the artillery, and, subsequently passing through St Cyr, was commissioned in the A zouave from 1886. Zouave is the name given to certain infantry regiments in the French army. The corps was first raised in Algeria in 1831 with one and later two battalions, and recruited solely from the Zouaoua, a tribe of Berbers, dwelling in the mountains of the Jurjura range... Zouaves in 1843. He saw a good deal of fighting in Algeria, and was promoted lieutenant in 1848, and captain in 1851. He became chef de bataillon in 1856, and served in the Lombardy campaign of 1859, being present at This article is about the dye color magenta. For other uses, see Magenta (disambiguation). Magenta is a color that is not a spectral color: that is to say, the hue cannot be generated by light of a single wavelength. A magenta hue can be witnessed by mixing equal amounts of... Magenta and The Battle of Solférino was fought on June 21, 1859 and resulted in the victory of the allied French Army under Napoleon III and Piedmontese Army under Victor Emmanuel II against the Austrian Army under Emperor Franz-Joseph. Between 270,000 and 300,000 soldiers fought in this important... Solferino. He took part in the The Syrian Arab Republic is a country in the Middle East, bordering (from south to north) on Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey. The borders with Israel and Turkey are subject to dispute, pending the resolution of outstanding conflicts over possession of the Golan Heights and the region of Iskenderun... Syrian campaign of 1860-61 as a lieutenant-colonel; and as colonel commanded the 45th regiment at Rome in 1864. He returned to Algeria as general of brigade, assisted to quell the Arab insurrection, and commanded the subdivisions of Bel Abbes and Tlemcen is a town in Northwestern Algeria, and the seat of government for the wilaya of the same name. Its population is an estimated 130,000. The name comes from the Berber word tilmisane, for springs. Located inland, it is located in the center of a region known for its... Tlemçen in 1868.

Although he had acquired a good professional reputation, he was in bad odour at the war office on account of suspected contributions to the press, and at the outbreak of the war with Prussia he was curtly refused a brigade command. After the revolution, however, the government of national defence called him from Algeria, made him a general of division, and gave him command of the XVI Corps of the army of the Loire.

The Loire army won the greatest success of the French during the whole war at Coulmiers, and followed this up with another victorious action at Patay is a village and a commune of the Loiret département, in north central France, northwest of Orléans. Population: approx. 1,500. History Joan of Arc defeated the English there in 1429. Categories: France geography stubs | Communes of Loiret ... Patay; in both engagements General Chanzy's corps took the most brilliant part. After the second battle of Orléans and the separation of the two wings of the French army, Chanzy was appointed to command that in the west, designated the second army of the Loire. His enemies, the grand duke of Mecklenburg, Prince Frederick Charles, and Ludwig Samson Arthur Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (June 18, 1815 - April 26, 1881), Bavarian general, was born at Darmstadt, the day of Waterloo. He was descended from the old family of von der Tann, which had representatives in Bavaria, Alsace and the Rhine countries, and assumed his... General von der Tann, all regarded Chanzy as their most formidable opponent.

He displayed conspicuous moral courage and constancy, not less than technical skill, in the fighting from Beaugency to the Loire, in his retreat to Le Mans, and in retiring to Laval is a commune of France, préfecture (capital) of the Mayenne département, located on the Mayenne River. It is historically a manufacturer of fine linens. Miscellaneous Laval was the birthplace of: François de Laval (1623-1708), first bishop of Quebec Henri Rousseau (1844-1910), painter Alfred Jarry... Laval behind the Mayenne is a département in northwest France named after the Mayenne River. History Mayenne was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from the former province of Maine. Geography Mayenne is part of the current region of... Mayenne. As Painting of Léon Gambetta by Léon Bonnat Léon Gambetta ( April 2, 1838 - December 31, 1882), French statesman, was born at Cahors. He is said to have inherited his vigour and eloquence from his father, a Genoese grocer who had married a Frenchwoman named Massabie... Gambetta was the soul, Chanzy was the strong right arm of French resistance to the invader. He was made a grand officer of the French Legion of Honor The Légion dhonneur (in Legion of Honor (AmE) or Legion of Honour (ComE)) is an Order of Chivalry awarded by the President of France. First instituted by Emperor Napoleon I on May 19, 1802, it is one of the most prestigious French awards and... Legion of Honour, and was elected to the The National Assembly is the name of either a legislature, or the lower house of a bicameral legislature in some countries. The best known, if not first, National Assembly, was that established following the French Revolution in 1789, known as the Assemblée Nationale. Consequently, the name is particularly common... National Assembly. At the outbreak of the Commune, Chanzy, then at Paris, fell into the hands of the insurgents, by whom he was forced to give his parole not to serve against them. It was said that he would otherwise have been appointed instead of Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta President of France, 1873-1879 Marie Edmé Patrice Maurice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, Marshal of France (July 13, 1808 - October 16, 1893) was a Frenchman of Irish descent. He served as President of the Third French Republic from 1873 to 1879. To date he is... MacMahon to command the army of Versailles. A ransom of £40,000 was also paid by the government for him.

In 1872 he became a member of the committee of defence and commander of the List of military corps — List of military corps by number A number of countries have Seventh, or VII, Corps: US VII Corps This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here... VII Corps, and in 1873 was appointed governor of Algeria, where he remained for six years. In 1875 he was elected a life senator, in 1878 received the grand cross of the Legion of Honour, and in 1879, without his consent, was nominated for the presidency of the republic, receiving a third of the total votes.

For two years he was ambassador at Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... St Petersburg, during which time he received many tokens of respect, not only from the Russians, but also from the Wilhelm I of Germany Wilhelm I, (March 22, 1797 - March 9, 1888), German Emperor (Kaiser), ruled January 18, 1871-1888 and king of Prussia, ruled 1861-1888. His full name was Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig. Early Life and Military Career As second son of Friedrich Wilhelm III Wilhelm had no expectations... German emperor, William I, and Alternative meanings: See Bismarck (disambiguation). Prince Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Duke of Lauenburg ( 1 April 1815– 30 July 1898) was one of the most prominent European aristocrats and statesmen of the nineteenth century. As Prime Minister of Prussia from 1862 to 1890, he engineered the unification of the... Prince Bismarck. He died suddenly, while commanding the List of military corps — List of military corps by number A number of countries have Sixth, or VI, Corps: US VI Corps This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. If an article link referred you here... VI Corps (stationed nearest to the German frontier), at Châlons-sur-Marne, only a few days after Gambetta, and his remains received a state funeral.

He was the author of La Deuxième Armée de la Loire (1872). Statues of General Chanzy have been erected at Nouart and Le Mans.

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