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18th-century military personnels

58 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Abbasgulu BakikhanovAuthor · BooksAbbasgulu agha Bakikhanov (Abbasqulu ağa Bakıxanov) (– January 1847), Abbas Qoli Bakikhanov, or Abbas-Qoli ibn Mirza Mohammad (Taghi) Khan Badkubi, also known by his pen name Qodsi, was an…
Adam CzartoryskiAuthor · BooksPrince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (14 January 1770 – 15 July 1861), also known as Adam George Czartoryski, was a Polish nobleman, statesman, diplomat and author who served as Chairman of the…
Alexander ChavchavadzeAuthor · BooksPrince Alexander Chavchavadze (ალექსანდრე ჭავჭავაძე; 1786 – 6 November 1846) was a Georgian poet, public benefactor and military figure.
Alexander HamiltonAuthor · BooksAlexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755, or 1757July 12, 1804) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first U.S.
Alexandre de La Motte-BaracéArtist · PaintingsIllustration — La Motte-Baracé
Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de LamethAuthor · BooksAlexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth (20 October 176018 March 1829) was a French soldier and politician.
Antin HolovatyPerson · Music memorabiliaAntin Holovaty or Anton Golovaty; between 1732 and 1744 – 28 January 1797 was a prominent Zaporozhian Cossack leader who after the Zaporozhian Sich's destruction was a key figure in the…
Antoine Philippe de MarignyAuthor · Maps and atlasesAntoine Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville (17 July 1721 – 6 November 1779), Chevalier de St. Louis, was a French geographer and explorer.
Antoine-Henri JominiAuthor · Maps and atlasesBaron Antoine-Henri Jomini (6 March 177922 March 1869) was a Swiss-French military officer who served as a general in French and later in Russian service, and one of the most celebrated…
Antonio Alcalá GalianoAuthor · BooksAntonio Alcalá Galiano y Fernández de Villavicencio (22 July 1789, Cádiz – 11 April 1865, Madrid) was a Spanish politician and writer who served as Minister of the Navy (1836) and Minister…
Bernardo O'HigginsAuthor · BooksBernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (Bernardo O'Higgins.ogg; 20 August 1778 – 24 October 1842) was a Chilean military officer, statesman and a major leader of Chile's successful struggle for…
Bulutkapan Ali BeyAuthor · BooksAli Bey al-Kabir (Georgian: ალი ბეი ალ-ქაბირი; 1728 – 8 May 1773) was a mamluk who served as shaykh al-balad (chief of the country) of Ottoman Egypt in 1760–1766 and 1767–1772.
Carlos AnayaAuthor · BooksCarlos Anaya Lopez Camelo (November 4 1777–June 18 1862) was a Uruguayan politician and historian from Buenos Aires, who served as interim President of the Republic between 1834 and 1835,…
Charles-Philippe RonsinAuthor · BooksIllustration — Charles-Philippe Ronsin.
Ciriaco CeballosAuthor · Maps and atlasesCiriaco Ceballos Neto or Ciriaco Cevallos y Bustillo (8 August 1764, Quijano – 9 February 1816, New Orleans) was a Spanish sailor, explorer and cartographer.
Cornelis Rudolphus Theodorus KrayenhoffAuthor · Maps and atlasesCorneli(u)s Rudolphus Theodorus, Baron Krayenhoff (Nijmegen, 2 June 1758 – Nijmegen, 24 November 1840) was a physicist, artist, general, hydraulic engineer, cartographer and – against his…
Count Ferdinand Ernst Gabriel von WaldsteinPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Count von Waldstein, about 1800
Davit GuramishviliAuthor · BooksPrince Davit Guramishvili (დავით გურამიშვილი; 1705 – 21 July 1792) was a Georgian poet of pre-Romantic Georgian literature.
Davy CrockettAuthor · BooksDavid Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American politician, militia officer and frontiersman.
Duke Eugen of WürttembergPerson · Music memorabiliaDuke Eugen of Württemberg (Herzog Friedrich Eugen Carl Paul Ludwig von Württemberg;
Eugène François VidocqAuthor · BooksEugène-François Vidocq (lang; 24 July 1775 – 11 May 1857) was a French criminal turned criminalist, whose life story inspired several writers, including Victor Hugo, Edgar Allan Poe, and…
Fabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenAuthor · Maps and atlasesFaddey Faddeyevich Bellingshausen or Fabian Gottlieb Benjamin von Bellingshausen (–) was a Russian cartographer, explorer, and naval officer of Baltic German descent, who attained the rank…
Francisco de Borja Garção StocklerAuthor · Books
François de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La RochefoucauldAuthor · BooksFrançois Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld, 1st Duke of Liancourt, 2nd Duke of Estissac (fʁɑ̃swa alɛksɑ̃dʁ fʁedeʁik də la ʁɔʃfuko;
François-Auguste-René de ChateaubriandAuthor · BooksFrançois-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September 1768 – 4 July 1848) was a French writer, politician, diplomat and historian who influenced French literature of the 19th century.
Friedrich Maximilian KlingerAuthor · BooksFriedrich Maximilian von Klinger (17 February 1752 – 9 March 1831) was a German dramatist and novelist. His play Sturm und Drang (1776) gave its name to the Sturm und Drang artistic epoch.
Henry MouzonAuthor · Maps and atlasesHenry Mouzon II (May 18, 1741 – August 25, 1807) was a colonial-era American patriot and civil engineer.
Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-MuskauDesigner · DesignHermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (born as Count Pückler, from 1822 Prince; 30 October 1785 – 4 February 1871) was a German nobleman, renowned as an accomplished artist in landscape…
Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'ArgensAuthor · BooksJean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (24 June 1704 – 11 January 1771) was a French rationalist, author and critic of the Catholic Church, who was a close friend of Voltaire and spent…
Joaquín María López y LópezAuthor · BooksJoaquín María López y López (15 August 1798 – 14 November 1855) was a Spanish politician, writer and journalist who served twice as the Prime Minister of Spain in 1843, during the reign of…
Johann Hermann von FersenAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Fersen (mounted) being captured at the Battle of Bergen
Johann Joachim Christoph BodePerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Joachim Christoph Bode (January 16, 1731 – December 13, 1793) was a well-known German translator of literary works.
John MontresorAuthor · Maps and atlasesCaptain John Montresor (22 April 1736 – June 1799) was a British Army officer and cartographer who served in the French and Indian War, Pontiac's War and American War of Independence.
José Martín Espinosa de los MonterosAuthor · Maps and atlasesJosé Martín y Espinosa de los Monteros was a Spanish pilot and a mathematics professor, founder of the lineage Espinosa in southeastern Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula).
Joseph Ferdinand Maria of SalernPerson · Music memorabiliaCount Ferdinand Joseph Maria of Salern (1718 – 7 December 1805) was an illegitimate son of Prince Ferdinand Maria Innocenz of Bavaria (1699-1738) and Countess Marie Adelheid Fortunata of…
Jules Dumont d'UrvilleAuthor · Maps and atlasesJules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville (23 May 1790 – 8 May 1842) was a French explorer and naval officer who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica.
Karl August Varnhagen von EnseAuthor · BooksKarl August Varnhagen von Ense (21 February 1785 in Düsseldorf – 10 October 1858 in Berlin) was a German biographer, diplomat and soldier.
Louis BonaparteAuthor · Books(Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck as Grand pensionary of the Batavian Commonwealth)
Louis Jules Mancini MazariniAuthor · BooksLouis Jules Mancini Mazarini was a French diplomat, writer, poet and military personnel (1716–1798). He was born in Paris.
Luc de Clapiers, marquis de VauvenarguesAuthor · BooksIllustration — Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues
Luis Alejandro BerthierArtist · SculptureLouis-Alexandre Berthier, prince de Neuchâtel et Valangin, prince de Wagram (French: [lwi alɛksɑ̃dʁ bɛʁtje];
Mathurin-Léonard DuphotAuthor · BooksIllustration — Mathurin-Léonard Duphot.
Nicolas-Jacques ContéArtist · PaintingsNicolas-Jacques Conté (4 August 1755 – 6 December 1805) was a French inventor of the modern pencil.
Paul II Anton, Prince EsterházyPerson · Music memorabiliaGalánthai herceg Esterházy Pál Antal
Philippe Paul, comte de SégurAuthor · BooksPhilippe-Paul, comte de Ségur (filip pɔl də seɡyʁ; 4 November 1780 – 25 February 1873) was a French general and a historian.
Pierre Antoine DupontAuthor · BooksDivisional-General Pierre-Antoine, comte Dupont de l'Étang (4 July 1765 – 9 March 1840) was a French army officer and politician who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Pierre Marc Gaston de Lévis, Duke of LévisAuthor · BooksIllustration — Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis
Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-EisenachAuthor · BooksPrince Carl Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (30 May 1792 – 31 July 1862) was a distinguished soldier, who, in 1815, after the congress of Vienna, became colonel of a regiment in the…
Rouget de LisleAuthor · BooksClaude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (10 May 1760 – 26 June 1836) was a French army officer of the French Revolutionary Wars.
Salawat YulayevAuthor · BooksSalawat Yulayulı, Russianized to Salavat Yulayev (Salawat Yulay-ulı; Salavat Yulayev; June 1754 – 8 October 1800)[1] was a Bashkir national hero who helped lead the Pugachev's Rebellion.
Samuel AncellEngraver · PrintsSamuel Ancell (c. 1760 – 19 October 1802) was an English soldier and military writer.
Thomas Frederick ColbyAuthor · Maps and atlasesThomas Frederick Colby (1 September 17849 October 1852) was a British Army major-general and director of the Ordnance Survey (OS).
Vladislav OzerovAuthor · BooksIllustration — Vladislav A. Ozerov, portrait by Johann Rombauer
Xavier de MaistreAuthor · BooksXavier de Maistre (ɡzavje də mɛstʁ; 10 October 1763 – 12 June 1852) of Savoy (then part of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia) was a military man and author.

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