Undefeated Tactical Command and the Iron Marshal's Discipline

Louis-Nicolas Davout

A French military officer and Marshal who distinguished himself in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire appointed by Napoleon I in 1804, demonstrating outstanding command abilities in battles such as Auerstedt, Austerlitz, Eckmühl, and Wagram. Known as the "Iron Marshal" for his strict discipline and organizational talent, he is regarded as one of Napoleon's finest commanders. He served as Governor-General of the Duchy of Warsaw, commander of the defense force at Hamburg, and Minister of War during the Hundred Days.

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1770	Birth of Louis-Nicolas Davout (Period: May 10, 1770, Location: Annoux, Yonne, France)
1788	Enlistment in the French Army (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 17 years old, Period: 1788, Location: French Army, Royal Champagne Cavalry Regiment)
1789	Participation in the French Revolution and Loss of Position as a Royalist Officer (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 18 years old, Period: 1789–1791, Location: France)
1791	Election as Battalion Commander of the Yonne Volunteers (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 20 years old, Period: 1791, Location: Yonne department, France) Marriage (Louis-Nicolas Davout and Marie-Nicole-Adélaïde Séguenot, Age: 21 years old, Period: November 1791 (sources vary between November 8 and 9), Location: Ravières (Yonne department, France))
1797	Seizure of Pichegru's Correspondence and the Coup of 18 Fructidor (Age: 26 years old, Period: 1797, Location: Rhine front, France)
1798	Participation in the Egyptian Expedition (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 27 years old, Period: 1798–1800, Location: Egypt, Syria, the Mediterranean)
1801	Marriage (Louis-Nicolas Davout and Louise-Aimée-Julie Leclerc, Age: 31 years old, Period: c. November 8–9, 1801, Location: Paris)
1804	Appointment as Marshal of the Empire (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 33 years old, Period: 1804, Location: France)
1806	Battle of Auerstedt (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 36 years old, Period: October 14, 1806, Location: Kingdom of Prussia, around Auerstedt)
1807	Appointment as Governor-General of the Duchy of Warsaw (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 36 years old, Period: 1807–1809, Location: Duchy of Warsaw)
1808	Conferment of the Title Duke of Auerstaedt (Age: 37 years old, Period: 1808, Location: French Empire)
1809	Eckmühl and Wagram Campaigns (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 38 years old, Period: 1809, Location: Bavaria, Austria) Conferment of the Title Prince of Eckmühl (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 38 years old, Period: 1809, Location: French Empire)
1812	Command of the I Corps in the Russian Campaign (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 41 years old, Period: 1812, Location: Lithuania, Belarus, Western Russia)
1813	Siege and Defense of Hamburg (Age: 42 years old, Period: 1813–1814, Location: Hamburg) Defense of Hamburg (Age: 42 years old, Period: 1813–1814, Location: Hamburg, Germany)
1814	Retirement during the First Restoration (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 43 years old, Period: 1814, Location: France)
1815	Exile during the Second Restoration (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 44 years old, Period: 1815–1817, Location: Louviers, France) Appointment as Minister of War and Defense of Paris during the Hundred Days (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 44 years old, Period: March–July 1815, Location: Paris) Minister of War during the Hundred Days (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 44 years old, Period: March–July 1815, Location: Paris, France) Defense of Paris after Waterloo (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 45 years old, Period: June–July 1815, Location: Paris, France)
1819	Admission to the Chamber of Peers (Louis-Nicolas Davout, Age: 48 years old, Period: 1819, Location: France)
1823	Death of Louis-Nicolas Davout (Age: 53 years old, Period: Died June 1, 1823, in Paris, France)

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Napoleonic Era	Napoleon Bonaparte Lazare Carnot Joachim Murat Michel Ney Louis-Nicolas Davout Jean Lannes André Masséna Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Joseph Fouché Jacques Necker Paul Barras
Victorian Era	Alexandrina Victoria Prince Albert Benjamin Disraeli William Gladstone Robert Peel Henry John Temple Florence Nightingale Charles Dickens Mary Ann Evans
Music	Ludwig van Beethoven Franz Schubert Hector Berlioz Frédéric Chopin Franz Liszt Wilhelm Richard Wagner Johannes Brahms Charles Gounod

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