Historedia
Person

Jean-Baptiste Jourdan

Events
4
Episodes
13
Years
1793–1813

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Battle of Wattignies

    1793–1794

    Role: French army commander

    1. July–August 1793 · French frontier fortresses and MaubeugeCoalition breakthrough and the siege of Maubeuge

      The Coalition army shattered the French fortress line in summer 1793 and besieged Maubeuge; French relief attempts failed.

    2. 1–14 October 1793 · Front south of MaubeugeFrench dispositions and reconnaissance

      Jourdan deployed in four masses from 1 October and, with Carnot, reconnoitered the Coalition front south of Maubeuge on 14 October.

    3. 15 October 1793 · Village of WattigniesFirst day: repulsed assault and fighting at Wattignies

      On 15 October a clumsy 45,000-man French attack was repulsed except near Wattignies, where the village changed hands amid counterattacks.

    4. 16–17 October 1793 · Height of WattigniesSecond day: capture of the Wattignies height and Coalition withdrawal

      On 16 October Jourdan assaulted the Wattignies height in three columns; deserters' false reports unnerved the Austrians, who withdrew.

    5. 17 October 1793 – 10 January 1794 · Sambre front and ParisAftermath: credit controversy and Jourdan's dismissal

      Jourdan did not pursue; Carnot rewrote history to claim credit, and Jourdan was summoned to Paris and dismissed in January 1794.

  2. Battle of Fleurus

    1794

    Role: Commander of the French Revolutionary Army

    1. June 1794 · Tournai and the Sambre theatreAllied Command Disputes

      Coburg's plan for a decisive Sambre battle was complicated by British suspicions of Austrian abandonment of the Low Countries.

    2. 26 June 1794 · Fleurus, Austrian NetherlandsBattle of Fleurus

      Jourdan's French army defeated Coburg's Austro-Dutch force on 26 June 1794, a tactically indecisive but strategically decisive engagement.

    3. 26 June 1794 · Jumet windmill hill near CharleroiFirst Aerial Reconnaissance

      The French balloon l'Entreprenant, under Captain Coutelle, provided continuous observation of Austrian movements—the first aerial reconnaissance in battle.

  3. Resumption of Hostilities in the War of the Second Coalition

    1798–1801

    Role: French marshal who took command of the Army of Observation at Hüningen in November 1798

    1. May–November 1798 · European coalition diplomacyFormation of the Second Coalition

      The coalition assembled slowly, starting with Naples allying with Austria and Russia, while Pitt and Thugut failed to bring Prussia in.

    2. October 1798 – March 1799 · Franco-Austrian relationsUneasy Franco-Austrian Peace after Campo Formio

      From October 1798 to March 1799 France and Austria avoided armed conflict but remained skeptical, with diplomatic incidents eroding their agreement.

    3. May 1800 · Alpine crossingNapoleon Crosses the Alps

      In May 1800 Napoleon led his troops across the Alps through the Great St. Bernard pass during the Italian campaign.

    4. February 1801 · Treaty of LunévilleTreaty of Lunéville

      In February 1801 the Franco-Austrian Treaty of Lunéville confirmed France's previous gains and added new lands in Tuscany.

  4. Battle of Vitoria: Wellington shatters Joseph Bonaparte's army

    1813

    Role: French Marshal

    1. 21 June 1813 · VitoriaBattle of Vitoria

      Wellington's forces defeated Joseph Bonaparte's army near Vitoria on 21 June 1813, marking a key victory in the Peninsular War.

Sources

  1. Battle of Wattignies Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-20
  2. Battle of Fleurus (1794) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-15
  3. War of the Second Coalition Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18
  4. Battle of Vitoria Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-20