1994 Nikolai Ogarkov, Russian marshal (Flight KAL 007), dies at 76
1989 Dorothy Cudahy is 1st female grand marshal of St. Patrick Day Parade
1984 Arthur Travors Harris, marshal of British RAF, dies
1976 S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal, dies at 75
1975 Nikolai A Bulganin, marshal/premier of U.S.S.R. (1955-58), dies at 79
1974 Georgi K Zhukov, Russian marshal/minister of Defense, dies at 77
1970 Semjon Timoshenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 75
1969 Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, British field marshal, dies at 78
1968 George KFW von Kuchler, German marshal (Netherlands 1940), dies at 86
1968 Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president
1967 Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II), dies at 76
1967 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil
1967 Alphonse Juin, French marshal, dies at 78
1966 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva elected president
1965 Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu, becomes President of Zaire
1961 Alan Marshal, actor (Lydia, Irene, Exile Express), dies at 52
1960 Marshal Ayub Khan elected president of Pakistan
1958 Marshal Boelganin resigns as director of Staatsbank
1958 Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as director of State Bank
1958 Marshal Boelganin becomes director of Russian Staatsbank
1958 Marshal Chen Yi succeeds Chu En-lai as Min of Foreign affairs
1957 U.S.S.R. fires defense minister, Marshal Georgi Zhukov
1957 Thailand military coup under marshal Sarit Thanarat
1953 Karl R G von Rundstedt, Germ gen-field marshal (Ardennes), dies at 77
1953 [Karl R] Gerd von Rundstedt, gen-field marshal (Normandy), dies at 77
1953 Yugoslavia elects it's 1st president (Marshal Tito)
1953 Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia
1951 Henri Philippe Petain, French marshal (Verdun/Vichy regime), dies
1946 Field Marshal Montgomery appointed British supreme commander
1945 Marshal Henri Petain, leader Vichy-regime, goes on trial
1945 Gen Von Keitel surrenders to Marshal Zhukov
1945 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason
1944 King George VI promotes Montgomery to field marshal
1944 King Michael of Romania ordered his forces to cease fire against Allies and dismissed the pro-Axis premier, Marshal Ion Antonescu
1944 Gunther von Kluge, German field marshal, commits suicide, dies at 62
1944 German field marshal von Kluge vanishes for one day
1944 Marshal von Kluge replaces General von Rundstedt
1943 Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice
1942 Russ anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko
1942 Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, French marshal (WW I), dies at 90
1942 Italian supreme command demands dismissal of German marshal Rommel
1941 French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany
1941 Arthur T "Bomber" Harris becomes British Air Marshal
1941 British Air Marshal Richard Peirse resigns
1940 Hitler meets Marshal Petain
1940 Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt
1937 Michael Simmons, Air Marshal, British Ministry of Defense
1935 Brendan Jackson, British air marshal
1935 Kenneth Hayr, air marshal
1931 Joseph J C Joffre, French marshal, dies at 78
1929 Lord Craig of Radley, marshal, RAF
1929 Eustace Gibbs, vice marshal, Diplomatic Corps
1929 Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77
1928 Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24), dies at 66
1928 Keith Williamson, British RAF marshal
1928 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66
1927 Nigel Bagnall, British field marshal
1925 French Gen of Morocco, marshal Lyautey, is dismissed
1924 David Atkinson, British air marshal
1923 Michael Beetham, Marshal, RAF
1922 Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns
1922 Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London
1920 Ruthven Wade, British Air Chief marshal
1919 Charles Pringle, British air marshal
1918 Marshal J Pilsudski becomes 1st president (dictator) of Poland
1918 Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal
1918 Ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France
1916 Joseph Joffre becomes marshal of France
1916 John Lapsley, British air marshal
1914 Von Hindenburg named marshal of Eastern front
1914 British field marshal John French and Gen Wilson land in France
1913 Alfred von Schlieffen, Prussian general-field marshal, dies at 79
1913 Ernest Sidey, British air marshal
1912 Harold Maguire, British air marshal
1909 Maurice Heath, air marshal
1909 Alan Marshal, Sydney Aust, actor, White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia
1907 Paterson Fraser, British air marshal
1907 Valston Hancock, British air marshal
1906 Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal
1904 Dermot Boyle, marshal, RAF
1904 Alfred von Waldersee, Prussian field marshal/chief-staff, dies at 71
1902 Arturo da Costa e Silva, marshal/president of Brazil, 1967-69
1899 Southampton: field marshal lord Roberts departures to South Africa
1899 Frederick "Freddy" Roberts, son of British field marshal, dies in battle
1897 Iwan S Konew, Russ marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw
1896 Constantine Rokossovski, Russian marshal/vice-premier of Poland
1896 Georgi K Zjukov, marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad [NS-Dec 11]
1895 S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner
1895 Semjon Timoshenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general, WW II
1895 Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85
1892 Arthur Harris, Cheltenham, Marshal of the RAF
1890 Arthur W. Tedder of Glenguin, British air marshal, WW II
1888 Alphonse Juin, French marshal
1881 Kliment J Woroshilov, marshal/president U.S.S.R., 1953-60
1877 President Hayes appoints Frederick Douglass marshal of Washington D.C.
1865 John Henry Winder, U.S. Confederate brig-gen/provost marshal, dies at 64
1861 Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War, 1922-24
1858 Johann JWAFK Radetzky von Radetz, Austr earl/field marshal, dies at 91
1856 Henri POBJ Petain, French marshal, Verdun/Vichy regime
1852 Louis FMF Franchet d'Esperey, [Desperate Frankey], Fren marshal, WW I
1845 Maria EJ Versfelt, mistress of general Moreau/marshal Ney, dies at 68
1838 Laure S-MP duchess d'abrantes, French marshal Junot, dies
1815 Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46
1815 Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15), executed
1814 Field marshal Blucher's troops cross the Rhine at Kaub
1813 Josef Poniatovski, Polish gen/marshal of France, dies in battle
1809 Francois de Canrobert, French marshal/parliament member
1808 French marshal Joachim Murat becomes king of Naples
1793 Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France, dies at 80
1788 Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal, dies at 92
1787 Charles, prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France, dies at 71
1776 Maria E J Versfelt, actress/mistress, General Moreau and Marshal Ney
1775 Marshal Oscar von Lubomirski expels Jews from Warsaw Poland
1769 Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello, Marshal of France
1769 Michel Ney, French marshal, Waterloo
1767 Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples, 1808-15
1763 Josef Poniatovski, Polish general/marshal of France
1718 Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63
1715 Charles, Prince de Rohan-Soubise, marshal of France
1713 Louis Duke de Noailles, marshal of France
1707 Anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57
1701 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austria, field marshal, dies at 62
1696 Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal
1695 Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourg/French marshal, dies
1690 Friedrich H duke van Schomberg, marshal, dies in battle at 75
1686 Godefroi L earl d'estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 78
1655 Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56
1650 Anne Jules duke de Noailles, marshal of France, hugenot
1646 Francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies
1643 Charles V Leopold, Duke of Lorraine and field marshal in Austria
1642 Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, earl of Tourville/knight/admiral/marshal
1635 Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquerors Schenkenschans
1599 Ottavio Piccolomini, Italian/Spanish marshal
1579 Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France
1567 Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74
1551 John Dudley becomes English Earl Marshal
1493 Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France
1440 Gilles de Rais, French marshal, killer of 140 children, hanged
1356 Jean de Clermont, French marshal, dies in battle
1311 Gwijde van Names, Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35
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