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Jean Maximilien Lamarque (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ maksimiljɛ̃ lamaʁk]; 22 July 1770 – 1 June 1832) was a French general of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars who later became a member of the French Parliament. Lamarque served with distinction in many of Napoleon's campaigns.
On 1 June 1832, Jean Maximilien Lamarque, a popular former Army commander who became a member of the French parliament and was critical of the monarchy, died of cholera. The riots that followed his funeral sparked the rebellion. This was the last outbreak of violence linked with the July Revolution of 1830.
Jean Maximilien Lamarque Military unit The Corps of Observation of the Vendée ( French : Corps d'Observation de La Vendée ) was a field formation of the French Imperial Army , which took part in the 1815 Vendéen Revolt , one of the minor campaigns of the Hundred Days .
The Battle of Rocheserviere was fought at Rocheservière on the 20 June 1815, between Vendéan Royalists, who had remained loyal to King Louis XVIII during the Hundred Days, and Napoleon's Army of the West, commanded by General Jean Maximilien Lamarque. The battle ended with the defeat of the Royalist forces.
During Napoleon's Hundred Days in 1815, some of the population of the Vendée remained loyal to Louis XVIII, forcing Napoleon—who was short of troops to fight the Waterloo Campaign—to send a force of 10,000 under the command of Jean Maximilien Lamarque to pacify the 8,000 Vendeans led by Pierre Constant Suzannet, which ended with the Battle ...
Commanded by General Jean Maximilien Lamarque, the army was formed to suppress the Royalist insurrection in the Vendée region of France, which remained loyal to King Louis XVIII during the Hundred Days. The army contained line units as well as gendarmes and volunteers. Its composition in June was:
It was commanded by General Jean Maximilien Lamarque. The total planned strength was 10,000 to 12,000 men, but the highest estimate of total strength is 6,000 men. [66] Provence and Brittany which were known to contain many royalist sympathisers did not rise in open revolt, but the La Vendée did.
1 June - Jean Maximilien Lamarque, statesman (born 1770). 4 June - Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat , sinologist (born 1788 ). 5 June - 166 deaths at the barricades in the June Rebellion