Nicolas Luckner
Birth: 1722
Death: 1794
Occupation: General
Luckner's military career began in the Seven Years War, but he embraced the French Revolution to such an extent that he became a Marshal of France in 1791. However, his relationship with the civilian authorities became more strained as the Revolution grew more radical and he eventually asked to resign. He was subsequently arrested, tried by the Paris Revolutionary Tribunal and guillotined on 4 January 1794.
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1792
25 May: Revolutionary France Faces Military Disaster
After much triumphalist rhetoric in Parisian political circles ahead of France's declaration of war against Austria on 20 April 1792, the harsh...
