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Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration

Пётр Иванович Багратион / პეტრე ივანეს ძე ბაგრატიონი

Russia

1765 – 1812 (47 years old)

Heroic Russian general of Georgian royal descent and favorite disciple of Suvorov who defended the flèches at Borodino, inspiring Tolstoy's War and Peace.

Borodino (Mozhaysk), Russia

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Jean Lannes (The Roland of the Grande Armée)

Jean Lannes, duc de Montebello

France

1769 – 1809 (40 years old)

Marshal of the Empire, 1st Duke of Montebello, and Napoleon's closest friend who captured the bridge at Arcole, took Montebello, and died heroically at Aspern-Essling.

Paris, France

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Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau

Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau

France

1725 – 1807 (81 years old)

Marshal of France who commanded the French expeditionary army (Expédition Particulière) sent to support George Washington, co-directing the decisive Siege of Yorktown.

Thoré-la-Rochette (Loir-et-Cher), France

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Major General Henry Knox

Henry Knox

United States

1750 – 1806 (56 years old)

Boston bookseller turned Chief Artillery Officer of the Continental Army who transported 60 tons of cannon from Fort Ticonderoga and served as the 1st Secretary of War.

Thomaston (Maine), United States

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Mahadji Shinde

महादजी शिंदे

India

1730 – 1794 (63 years old)

Ruler of Gwalior and supreme Maratha statesman who resurrected Maratha supremacy after the Third Battle of Panipat, trained modern European-style infantry under Benoit de Boigne, and controlled Delhi.

Wanwadi (Pune), India

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Mahadaji Shinde (Madhavrao Scindia)

महादजी शिंदे

India

1730 – 1794 (63 years old)

Maratha ruler of Gwalior who rebuilt Maratha supremacy after the disaster of Panipat, trained modern European-style infantry brigades, and liberated Delhi.

Wanowrie (Pune), India

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Quang Trung

Quang Trung (Nguyễn Huệ)

Vietnam

1753 – 1792 (39 years old)

Brilliant military genius and Emperor of Vietnam of the Tay Son Dynasty who crushed a 200,000-man Qing Chinese invasion force in a lightning surprise attack during Tet in 1789.

Tay Son (Binh Dinh), Vietnam

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John Paul Jones (Father of the US Navy)

John Paul Jones

Scotland

1747 – 1792 (45 years old)

Scottish-American naval captain venerated as the 'Father of the United States Navy' who raided British home waters and uttered 'I have not yet begun to fight!'

Annapolis (Maryland), United States

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François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse

François-Joseph Paul, comte de Grasse

France

1722 – 1788 (65 years old)

French naval admiral whose victory over the British Royal Navy at the Battle of the Chesapeake sealed the fate of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown.

Paris, France

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Major General Nathanael Greene

Nathanael Greene

Thirteen Colonies (British America)

1742 – 1786 (43 years old)

Major General of the Continental Army and George Washington's most talented military strategist whose Southern Campaign of attrition wore out Cornwallis.

Savannah (Georgia), United States

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Casimir Pulaski (Kazimierz Pułaski)

Kazimierz Michał Władysław Wiktor Pułaski

Poland

1745 – 1779 (34 years old)

Polish nobleman and general revered as the 'Father of the American Cavalry' who saved George Washington's life at Brandywine and died at the Siege of Savannah.

Savannah (Georgia), United States

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Malhar Rao Holkar

मल्हारराव होळकर

India

1693 – 1766 (73 years old)

Founder of the Holkar Dynasty of Indore and supreme Maratha cavalry general who rose from a shepherd family to command imperial campaigns across northern India and Malwa.

Alampur (Bhind, Madhya Pradesh), India

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Maurice de Saxe (Marshal of Saxony)

Hermann Maurice de Saxe

Germany

1696 – 1750 (54 years old)

Marshal General of France and visionary military theorist whose tactical brilliance won the Battle of Fontenoy and who authored the influential treatise Mes Rêveries.

Strasbourg, France

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Nadir Shah

نادر شاه افشار

Safavid Empire

1688 – 1747 (58 years old)

Founder of the Afsharid Dynasty of Iran celebrated as the 'Sword of Persia' and 'Napoleon of Persia', who liberated Iran from Afghan occupation and seized the Peacock Throne and Koh-i-Noor diamond in Delhi.

Mashhad (Khorasan), Iran

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Baji Rao I

बाजीराव बल्लाळ

India

1700 – 1740 (39 years old)

Peshwa (Prime Minister) of the Maratha Empire who never lost a battle across forty-one engagements, renowned for lightning cavalry warfare and expanding Maratha rule to the gates of Delhi.

Raverkhedi (Madhya Pradesh), India

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Peshwa Baji Rao I (The Undefeated)

श्रीमंत पेशवे बाजीराव बल्लाळ

India

1700 – 1740 (39 years old)

7th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire who fought in 41 major battles without suffering a single defeat, transforming the Marathas into the preeminent power in India.

Raverkhedi (Khargone), India

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Claude Louis Hector, Duke of Villars

Claude Louis Hector de Villars, duc de Villars

France

1653 – 1734 (81 years old)

Marshal General of France who saved the realm of Louis XIV during the War of the Spanish Succession with his Pyrrhic defense at Malplaquet and victory at Denain.

Paris, France

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Dey Mezzomorto Hüseyin Pasha

حسين ميزو مورتو

Algeria

c. 1635 – 1701 (~66 years old)

Heroic naval commander and Dey of Algiers (1683–1688) who repulsed French naval bombardments and was later appointed Grand Admiral of the entire Ottoman Imperial Navy.

Istanbul / Algiers honors, Turkey

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