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2012 Event - King Jong-un, son of King Jong-il, is announced the official Supreme Leader of North Korea; he also now holds the rank of Marshal in the Korean People's Army

1994 Death - Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76

1989 Event - Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St. Patrick Day Parade

1984 Death - Arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies

1982 Death - Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi Field Marshal/president/premier, dies

1976 Death - S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal, dies at 75

1975 Death - Nikolai A Bulganin, marshal/premier of U.S.S.R. (1955-58), dies at 79

1974 Death - Georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77

1970 Death - Semjon Timoshenko, Russian marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 75

1969 Death - Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, British field marshal, dies at 78

1968 Death - George KFW von Kuchler, German marshal (Netherlands 1940), dies at 86

1968 Event - Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president

1967 Death - Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II), dies at 76

1967 Event - Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil

1967 Death - Alphonse Juin, French marshal, dies at 78

1966 Event - Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva elected president

1965 Event - Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu, becomes President of Zaire

1961 Death - Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52

1960 Death - Albrecht von Kesselring, German Field Marshal (Italy), dies at 74

1960 Event - Marshal Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan

1958 Event - Marshal Boelganin resigns as director of Staatsbank

1958 Event - Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as director of State Bank

1958 Event - Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank

1958 Event - Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Minister of Foreign affairs

1957 Event - U.S.S.R. fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov

1957 Event - Thailand military coup under marshal Sarit Thanarat

1955 Death - Alexander Papagos, Greek Field Marshal, dies

1955 Death - Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-Field Marshal, dies

1953 Death - Karl R G von Rundstedt, German General-Field Marshal (Ardennes), dies at 77

1953 Death - [Karl R] Gerd von Rundstedt, General-Field Marshal (Normandy), dies at 77

1953 Event - Yugoslavia elects it's 1st president (Marshal Tito)

1953 Event - Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia

1951 Death - Henri Philippe Petain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies

1948 Death - [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German Field Marshal, dies

1946 Death - Wilhelm Keitel, German Field Marshal, hanged

1946 Death - Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese Field Marshal, dies

1946 Event - Field Marshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander

1945 Event - Marshal Henri Petain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial

1945 Event - General Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov

1945 Event - Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason

1945 Death - Walter Model, German Field Marshal, commits suicide at 54

1945 Event - Field Marshal Kesselring succeeds von Rundstedt as commander

1944 Death - Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal (WW II-Africa), suicide at 52

1944 Event - Field Marshal Rommel gets order to return to Berlin

1944 Death - Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, hanged at 62

1944 Event - King George VI promotes Montgomery to field marshal

1944 Event - King Michael of Romania ordered his forces to cease fire against Allies and dismissed the pro-Axis premier, Marshal Ion Antonescu

1944 Death - Gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62

1944 Event - German Field Marshal Model replaces von Kluge in Normandy

1944 Event - German field marshal von Kluge vanishes for one day

1944 Death - Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, hanged at 62

1944 Death - Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, hanged

1944 Event - Field Marshal von Kluge consults with German commandant at Caen

1944 Event - Marshal von Kluge replaces General von Rundstedt

1943 Event - Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice

1943 Event - Hitler visits Field Marshal von Mansteins hq in Zaporozje

1943 Event - Hitler promotes Friedrich von Paul to general-Field Marshal

1942 Event - Field Marshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk

1942 Event - Hitler names Field Marshal Erich von Manstein becomes commanding

1942 Event - Field Marshal Rommel back in North-Africa

1942 Event - Russian anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko

1942 Death - Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, French marshal (WW I), dies at 90

1942 Event - Hitler visits Field Marshal Von Bocks headquarter/d into/d Ukraine

1942 Event - Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Rommel

1941 Event - French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany

1941 Event - Arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal

1941 Event - British Air Marshal Richard Peirse resigns

1940 Event - Hitler meets Marshal Petain

1940 Event - Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt

1937 Death - Betty Carver, wife of English Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, dies

1937 Birthday - Michael Simmons, Air Marshal, British Ministry of Defense

1936 Death - Edmond HH Allenby, English Field Marshal in Egypt, dies at 74

1935 Birthday - Brendan Jackson, British air marshal

1935 Birthday - Kenneth Hayr, air marshal

1932 Death - Paul S Methuen, English baron/Field Marshal/Governor of Natal, dies at 87

1931 Death - Joseph J C Joffre, French marshal, dies at 78

1929 Birthday - Lord Craig of Radley, marshal, RAF

1929 Birthday - Eustace Gibbs, vice marshal, Diplomatic Corps

1929 Death - Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77

1928 Death - Luigi Cadorna, Italian Field Marshal (WW I, Caporetto), dies at 78

1928 Death - Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24), dies at 66

1928 Birthday - Keith Williamson, British RAF marshal

1928 Death - Douglas Haig, British Field Marshal, Sudan, Boer war, WW I, dies at 66

1928 Death - Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66

1927 Birthday - Nigel Bagnall, British field marshal

1925 Event - French General of Morocco, marshal Lyautey, is dismissed

1924 Birthday - David Atkinson, British air marshal

1923 Birthday - Michael Beetham, Marshal, RAF

1922 Event - Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns

1922 Death - Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London

1920 Birthday - Ruthven Wade, British Air Chief marshal

1919 Birthday - Charles Pringle, British air marshal

1918 Event - Marshal J Pilsudski becomes 1st president (dictator) of Poland

1918 Birthday - Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal

1918 Event - Ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France

1916 Event - Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France

1916 Birthday - John Lapsley, British air marshal

1914 Event - Von Hindenburg named marshal of Eastern front

1914 Event - British field marshal John French and General Wilson land in France

1913 Death - Alfred von Schlieffen, Prussian General-Field Marshal, dies at 79

1913 Birthday - Ernest Sidey, British air marshal

1912 Birthday - Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi Field Marshal/president/premier

1912 Birthday - Harold Maguire, British air marshal

1909 Birthday - Maurice Heath, air marshal

1909 Birthday - Alan Marshal, born in Sydney, Australia, actor, White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia

1907 Birthday - Paterson Fraser, British air marshal

1907 Birthday - Valston Hancock, British air marshal

1906 Birthday - Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal

1904 Birthday - Dermot Boyle, marshal, RAF

1904 Death - Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71

1902 Birthday - Arturo da Costa e Silva, marshal/president of Brazil, 1967-69

1899 Event - Field Marshal Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa

1899 Event - Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa

1899 Event - Field Marshal Lord Roberts appointed British supreme commander in South Africa

1899 Death - Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of British field marshal, dies in battle

1897 Birthday - Iwan S. Konew, Russian marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw

1896 Birthday - Constantine Rokossovski, Russian marshal/vice-premier of Poland

1896 Birthday - Georgi K Zjukov, marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad

1895 Birthday - S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner

1895 Birthday - Semjon Timoshenko, Russian marshal/inspector-general, WW II

1895 Death - Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85

1892 Birthday - Arthur Harris, Cheltenham, Marshal of the RAF

1891 Birthday - Erwin Rommel, German Field Marshal, WW II-African campaign

1891 Death - Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/Field Marshal, dies

1891 Birthday - Walter Model, German Field Marshal

1890 Birthday - Friedrich von Paul, German General-Field Marshal, Netherlands

1890 Birthday - Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal, WW II

1888 Birthday - Alphonse Juin, French marshal

1886 Birthday - John SSPV Gort, viscount of Limerick/Field Marshal of Palestine

1885 Birthday - Albrecht, von, Kesselring, German Field Marshal, Poland/Netherland

1884 Birthday - Claude "Auk" Auchinleck, British Field Marshal North-Africa

1883 Birthday - Alexander Papagos, Greek Field Marshal/supreme commander

1882 Birthday - Gunther von Kluge, German Field Marshal

1882 Birthday - Wilhelm Keitel, German Field Marshal

1881 Birthday - Erwin von Witzleben, German Field Marshal, July 20th plot

1881 Birthday - [Heinrich A H] Walther von Brauchitsch, German Field Marshal

1881 Birthday - Paul L E von Kleist, German general-Field Marshal, Eastern Front

1881 Birthday - George KFW von Kuchler, German Field Marshal, Invasion Netherlands

1881 Birthday - Kliment J Woroshilov, marshal/president U.S.S.R., 1953-60

1880 Birthday - Baron W. Edmund, Archangel and Ironside, British Field Marshal

1877 Event - President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Washington D.C.

1875 Birthday - Karl R G von Rundstedt, German General-Field Marshal, Normandy

1870 Death - Francisco Solano Lopez, Field Marshal/president of Paraguay

1865 Birthday - Albrecht MAPJ, duke of Wurttemberg/general-Field Marshal

1865 Death - John Henry Winder, U.S. Confederate Brigadier-General/provost marshal, dies at 64

1861 Birthday - Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War, 1922-24

1861 Birthday - Edmond H H Allenby, English Field Marshal/high director, Egypt

1861 Birthday - Douglas Haig, British Field Marshal, Sudan, WW I

1861 Birthday - Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st viscount Allenby of Megiddo/Field Marshal

1858 Death - Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91

1856 Birthday - Henri POBJ Petain, French marshal, Verdun/Vichy regime

1852 Birthday - Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, Desperate Frankey, French marshal, WW I

1852 Birthday - Joseph J C Joffre, French Field Marshal, Indo China, Marne

1850 Birthday - Luigi Cadorna, Italian Field Marshal/earl, WW I-Caporetto

1845 Birthday - Paul S Methuen, English Field Marshal/governor of Natal/Malta

1845 Death - Maria EJ Versfelt, mistress of general Moreau/marshal Ney, dies at 68

1842 Birthday - Gustav Ratzenhofer, Austria, sociologist/judge/Field Marshal

1838 Death - Laure S-MP duchess d'abrantes, French marshal Junot, dies

1836 Death - Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/Field Marshal, dies at 75

1833 Birthday - Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-Field Marshal

1832 Birthday - Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian Field Marshal

1831 Death - August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian Field Marshal, dies at 70

1823 Death - Louis Nicholas Davout, French Field Marshal, dies at 53

1818 Death - Michael A Barclay de Tolly, Russian Field Marshal/War Minister, dies

1815 Death - Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46

1815 Death - Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15), executed

1814 Death - Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author, dies at 79

1814 Event - Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub

1813 Death - Josef Poniatovski, Polish gen/marshal of France, dies in battle

1809 Birthday - Francois de Canrobert, French marshal/parliament member

1808 Event - French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples

1800 Birthday - Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian general-Field Marshal

1793 Death - Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France, dies at 80

1792 Birthday - Don Joaquin B F Espartero, Spanish adventurer/Field Marshal

1788 Death - Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92

1787 Death - Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71

1776 Birthday - Maria E J Versfelt, actress/mistress, General Moreau and Marshal Ney

1775 Event - Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expels Jews from Warsaw Poland

1770 Birthday - Louis Nicholas Davout, French Field Marshal, defeated Prussians

1769 Birthday - Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France

1769 Birthday - Michel Ney, French marshal, Waterloo

1767 Birthday - Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples, 1808-15

1763 Birthday - Josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France

1760 Birthday - August W. A. Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian Field Marshal

1760 Birthday - Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/Field Marshal

1759 Birthday - Hans D L earl Yorck von Wartenburg, Prussian Field Marshal/Governor-General

1758 Death - Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-Field Marshal, dies at 56

1743 Death - John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/Field Marshal, dies at 64

1742 Birthday - Gebhard Leberecht Furst Blucher von Wahlstatt, German Field Marshal

1737 Death - Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/Field Marshal, dies at 79

1735 Birthday - Charles Joseph, prince the Ligne, Belgian Field Marshal/author

1718 Death - Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63

1717 Birthday - Jeffrey Amherst, English Governor-General of America/Field Marshal

1715 Birthday - Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France

1713 Birthday - Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France

1708 Death - Henry Van Nassau, stable master/Field Marshal, dies at 67

1708 Death - Henry van Nassau, mister of Ouwerkerk/Field Marshal, dies at 67

1707 Death - Anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57

1702 Birthday - Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-Field Marshal

1701 Death - Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62

1696 Birthday - Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal

1695 Death - Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies

1690 Death - Friedrich H duke van Schomberg, marshal, dies in battle at 75

1690 Death - Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lotharingen/Austrian Field Marshal, dies

1686 Death - Godefroi L earl d'estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 78

1678 Birthday - John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/Field Marshal, Union of 1707

1657 Birthday - Guido Starhemberg, Austria earl/Field Marshal, Turkish Wars

1657 Birthday - Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Field Marshal, Nassau

1655 Death - Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56

1655 Birthday - Francois Fagel, Dutch Field Marshal, baptized

1650 Birthday - Anne Jules duke de Noailles, marshal of France, hugenot

1646 Death - Francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies

1643 Birthday - Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and field marshal in Austria

1642 Birthday - Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, earl of Tourville/knight/admiral/marshal

1638 Birthday - Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian Field Marshal, Turkish Wars

1635 Event - Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquerors Schenkenschans

1632 Death - Jean de Tilly, Field Marshal, dies

1599 Birthday - Ottavio Piccolomini, Italian/Spanish marshal

1599 Birthday - Jan W van Brederode, governor, Hertogenbosch, Field Marshal

1579 Birthday - Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France

1567 Death - Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74

1551 Event - John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal

1493 Birthday - Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France

1440 Death - Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged

1356 Death - Jean de Clermont, French marshal, dies in battle

1311 Death - Gwijde van Names, Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35













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