peoplepill id: nicolas-joseph-beaurepaire
French military officer
Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire
The basics
Quick Facts
Intro
French military officer
Places
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Coulommiers, France
Star sign
Place of death
Verdun, France
Age
52 years
Awards
names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe
The details (from wikipedia)
Biography
Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire (7 January 1740, in Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne – 2 September 1792) was a French officer.
Born in Coulommiers, he commanded the defense of Verdun against the invading Allied armies of the First Coalition, shortly before they were stopped at the Battle of Valmy.He chose death by suicide to avoid the dishonor of surrendering Verdun.
He was buried in the Panthéon, though his body has since disappeared.
The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article.
The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
Image Gallery
Lists
Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire is in following lists
By field of work
By work and/or country
comments so far.
Comments
Credits
References and sources
Nicolas-Joseph Beaurepaire