Jean Joseph Magdeleine Pijon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Joseph Magdeleine Pijon

French general

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1758

Place of Birth: Lavaur, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 05-Apr-1799

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Jean Joseph Magdeleine Pijon or Jean Pigeon, born 7 September 1758 – died 5 April 1799, was a French general who was killed in combat during the French Revolutionary Wars.
He led an attack column at Loano in late 1795.
He commanded a brigade in Napoleon Bonaparte's French Army of Italy during several famous campaigns.
In 1796 he fought at Lonato where he was briefly captured, Rovereto where he was in the forefront of the action, Bassano, Cerea where he led the advance guard, and early in the Arcole campaign where he was wounded.
In Italy during 1799, he fought at Verona and met his death at Magnano.
His surname is one of the 660 names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.



Alternative names	Baron Antoine-Jean Gros
Description	French painter and artist
Date of birth/death	16 March 1771	26 June 1835
Location of birth/death	Paris	Bas-Meudon bei Paris
Work period	Neoclassicism
Work location	Paris, Genoa
Authority control	: Q216999 VIAF: 14987055 ISNI: 0000 0001 2121 7901 ULAN: 500009139 LCCN: n85381436 NLA: 35057198 WorldCat