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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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