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* André Masséna – 1st Duc de Rivoli, 1st Prince d ' Essling, one of the original eighteen Marshals of the Empire, French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic War, his nickname was l ' Enfant chéri de la Victoire (" the Dear Child of Victory ")
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* March 4 – Peninsular War: The French Army, under the command of André Masséna, retreats from Portugal.
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He returned to the Iberian peninsula in 1810 as part of the army under Marshal André Masséna and was badly wounded.
In the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro ( 3 – 6 May 1811 ), the British-Portuguese Army under Viscount Wellington checked an attempt by the French Army of Portugal under Marshal André Masséna to relieve the besieged city of Almeida.
Napoleon hoped that Melas's preoccupation with the Siege of Genoa, held by General André Masséna, would prevent the Austrians from responding to his offensive.
Evidence of this came a couple of days before the newly-planned crossing of the Danube, when Napoleon's most senior Corps commander, Maréchal André Masséna fell from his horse and badly injured his foot, rendering him unable to ride for some time.
* IV Corps: 28, 000 men, 86 guns, under the command of 51-year-old Maréchal d ' Empire André Masséna, a general who had fought against the Austrians many times in the past and who had a reputation for exceptional military talent and cunning ;
Meanwhile, further north, Colonel Sainte-Croix, aide-de-camp to Maréchal André Masséna had 1, 500 men of IV Corps embarked on landing vessels and crossed the river, without meeting any opposition.
André Masséna, a highly credible source and also a man who was in the vicinity of the battery at the time when it was deployed, places its complement at 84 pieces: 60 pieces of the Guard artillery and 24 of the " Army of Italy ".
André Masséna ( born Andrea Massena ) 1st Duc de Rivoli, 1st Prince d ' Essling ( May 6, 1758 – April 4, 1817 ) was a French military commander during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
André Masséna was born in Nice, then part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the son of a shopkeeper Jules Masséna ( Giulio Massena ) and wife Marguerite Fabre, married on August 1, 1754.
* André Masséna, Prince D ' Essling, in the Age of Revolution ( 1789-1815 ) by Donald D. Horward for the " Journal of the International Napoleonic Society "
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* 1651 – André Dacier, French scholar ( d. 1722 )
* 1672 – André Cardinal Destouches, French composer ( d. 1749 )
* 1929 – André Previn, German composer and conductor
* 1939 – André Ouellet, French-Canadian politician
* 1947 – André Weinfeld, French and American Film Director / Producer
* 1845 – André Bessette, Canadian pastor and saint ( d. 1937 )
* 1942 – André Gagnon, Canadian pianist and composer
* 1905 – André Jolivet, French composer ( d. 1974 )
* 1918 – André Bazin, French critic and theorist ( d. 1958 )
* 1966 – André Boisclair, Canadian politician
André Weil (; 6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998 ) was an influential French mathematician of the 20th century, renowned for the breadth and quality of his research output, its influence on future work, and the elegance of his exposition.
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To the west of the Petite Gheete rises the plateau of Mont St. André ; a second plain, the plateau of Jandrenouille – upon which the Anglo-Dutch army amassed – rises to the east.
Along the Ramillies – Offus – Autre Eglise ridge-line, Villeroi positioned Walloon and Bavarian infantry, supported by the Elector of Bavaria's 50 squadrons of Bavarian and Walloon cavalry placed behind on the plateau of Mont St. André.
* André Vauchez, La sainteté en Occident aux derniers siècles du Moyen Âge ( 1198 – 1431 )
* 1928 – André Milhoux, Belgian racing driver
* 1853 – André Messager, French composer ( d. 1929 )
* 1901 – André Kostelanetz, American popular music orchestra leader and arranger ( d. 1980 )
* 1976 – André Couto, Portuguese racing driver
* 1896 – André Breton, French poet ( d. 1966 )
* 1951 – André Gide, French writer, Nobel laureate ( b. 1869 )
* 1988 – André Frédéric Cournand, French-born physician, Nobel laureate ( b. 1895 )
* 1809 – André Dumont, Belgian geologist ( d. 1857 )
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