Historedia
Person

Jean Victor Marie Moreau

Events
3
Episodes
7
Years
1794–1800

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Jean Victor Marie Moreau, 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 Tourcoing

    1794

    Role: French division commander

    1. 17–18 May 1794 · Near Tourcoing, north of LilleFrench Victory at Tourcoing

      On 17–18 May 1794 Souham's French army defeated the Coalition's poorly coordinated columns near Tourcoing.

    2. 17–18 May 1794 · Tourcoing battlefieldImprovised French Counterattack

      Threatened with encirclement, Souham, Moreau, and Bonnaud improvised a counterattack defeating the separated Coalition columns.

    3. Undated; inferred from the May 1794 battle context · Menen–Kortrijk bulge sector and TournaiCoalition Plan to Envelop the French Bulge

      Mack's plan launched six columns to envelop the French army holding a bulge at Menen and Kortrijk.

  2. Battle of Emmendingen

    1796

    Role: Commander of the French Army of Rhin-et-Moselle

    1. 19 October 1796 · Emmendingen on the Elz River, Baden-WürttembergBattle of Emmendingen

      Moreau's Army of Rhin-et-Moselle fought Archduke Charles's Army of the Upper Rhine at Emmendingen on 19 October 1796 during the War of the First Coalition.

  3. French Campaign in Germany and Armistice of Steyr

    1800

    Role: French general commanding the Army of the Rhine; victor at Höchstädt and Hohenlinden; signatory of the Armistice of Steyr

    1. 19 June 1800 · north bank of the Danube near HöchstädtBattle of Höchstädt

      Moreau's French army defeated Baron Pál Kray's Austrians on the north bank of the Danube near Höchstädt on 19 June 1800.

    2. 3 December 1800 · Hohenlinden, 33 km east of MunichBattle of Hohenlinden

      On 3 December 1800 Moreau won a decisive victory over an Austrian and Bavarian force under the young Archduke John, forcing the allies to request an armistice.

    3. 25 December 1800 · town of Steyr, AustriaArmistice of Steyr

      Archduke Charles and Moreau signed a ceasefire at Steyr on 25 December 1800, ending hostilities in Germany for thirty days.

Sources

  1. Battle of Tourcoing Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-20
  2. Battle of Emmendingen Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-19
  3. Battle of Höchstädt (1800) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21
  4. Battle of Hohenlinden Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-20
  5. Armistice of Steyr Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-04