The Brave Among the Braves in Moscow and Waterloo

Michel Ney

A French military officer and Marshal who distinguished himself in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Starting his military career as a cavalry officer, he rose rapidly through the ranks during the Revolutionary Wars, becoming a General of Division in 1799. Appointed a Marshal of the Empire by Napoleon in 1804, he held major commands at Elchingen, Jena, Eylau, and Friedland. During the 1812 Russian Campaign, he commanded the rearguard during the retreat from Moscow, breaking through encirclements to rejoin the main force, which led Napoleon to praise him as the "Bravest of the Brave." In 1814, he pressed for Napoleon's abdication and pledged loyalty to the restored Bourbon monarchy, but returned to Napoleon's side during the Hundred Days in 1815. After the defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, he was charged with high treason by the Bourbon Restoration government and executed by firing squad in Paris.

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1769	Birth of Michel Ney (Period: January 10, 1769, Location: Saarlouis (present-day Saarlouis, Saarland, Germany))
1792	Promotion to Officer in the Army of the North (Michel Ney, Age: 22 years old, Period: 1792–1794, Location: Northern France, direction of Belgium) Participation in the Battle of Valmy (Michel Ney, Age: 23 years old, Period: September 20, 1792, Location: Valmy, Northeastern France)
1796	Promotion to Brigadier General (Michel Ney, Age: 27 years old, Period: August 1796, Location: Germany region)
1797	Battle of Neuwied and Capture (Michel Ney, Age: 28 years old, Period: April 18–May 8, 1797, Location: Neuwied, Western Germany)
1799	Capture of Mannheim and Promotion to General of Division (Michel Ney, Age: 30 years old, Period: March–September 1799, Location: Mannheim, Germany) Promotion to General of Division (Michel Ney, Age: 30 years old, Period: March 28, 1799, Location: Mannheim, Germany)
1800	Battle of Hohenlinden (Age: 31 years old, Period: December 3, 1800, Location: Hohenlinden, Bavaria)
1802	Diplomatic and Military Missions in Switzerland (Michel Ney, Age: 32 years old, Period: 1802–1803, Location: Switzerland) Marriage (Michel Ney and Aglaé Auguié, Age: 33 years old, Period: August 5, 1802, Location: Tiverval-Grignon (present-day Yvelines department, France))
1804	Appointment as Marshal of the Empire (Michel Ney, Age: 35 years old, Period: May 19, 1804, Location: Paris, France)
1805	Battle of Elchingen (Age: 36 years old, Period: October 14, 1805, Location: Elchingen, Bavaria)
1806	Conferment of the Title Duke of Elchingen (Michel Ney, Age: 36 years old, Period: 1806–1808, Location: Elchingen, Germany) Siege of Magdeburg (Age: 37 years old, Period: October–November 1806, Location: Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia)
1807	Battle of Eylau (Age: 38 years old, Period: February 7–8, 1807, Location: Eylau, East Prussia)
1808	Command in the Peninsular War (Michel Ney, Age: 38 years old, Period: 1808–1811, Location: Spain, Portugal)
1810	Retreat in Portugal during the Peninsular War (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1810–1811, Location: Portugal, Côa River, Pombal, Redinha, Casal Novo, Foz de Arouce, etc.)
1812	Crossing of the Dnieper River (Age: 43 years old, Period: c. November 18, 1812, Location: Russian Empire, around the Dnieper River)
1813	Conferment of the Title Prince of the Moskva (Michel Ney, Age: 44 years old, Period: March 25, 1813, Location: French Empire) Command in the German Campaign of 1813 (Michel Ney, Age: 44 years old, Period: May–October 1813, Location: Germany, Saxony, Prussia regions)
1814	Campaign in North-East France (Michel Ney, Age: 44 years old, Period: January–April 1814, Location: Eastern and Northeastern France) Swearing Allegiance to Louis XVIII and Appointment to the Chamber of Peers (Michel Ney, Age: 45 years old, Period: April 1814–March 1815, Location: Paris, France) Marshals' Demand for Abdication at Fontainebleau (Age: 45 years old, Period: April 4, 1814, Location: Fontainebleau, France)
1815	Rejoining Napoleon (Michel Ney, Age: 46 years old, Period: March 14, 1815, Location: Lons-le-Saunier, France) Appointment as Commander of the Left Wing of the Army of the North during the Hundred Days (Michel Ney, Age: 46 years old, Period: June 15–18, 1815, Location: Belgium, Waterloo Campaign) Trial and Execution of Michel Ney (Age: 46 years old, Period: November–December 7, 1815, Location: Paris, near the Chamber of Peers and the Luxembourg Gardens) Death Sentence for High Treason and Execution (Michel Ney, Age: 46 years old, Period: December 4–7, 1815, Location: Paris) Death of Michel Ney (Age: 46 years old, Period: December 7, 1815)

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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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