Died 1893-10-16.
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Patrice de MacMahon
Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de MacMahon, marquis de MacMahon, duc de Magenta, was a French general and politician who served as President of France from 1873 to 1879. He was elevated to the dignity of Marshal of France by Napoleon III.
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politics · President of France from 1873 to 1879 · military officer · politician · military personnel · also Patrice de MacMahon, Maurice de MacMahon, 1st Duc de Magenta, MacMahon
Born 13 May 1808 · Died 16 October 1893 · Q158838
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1893· 1 entry
1877· 1 entry
MacMahon dismissed Simon and recalled the Duke de Broglie
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1876· 1 entry
MacMahon had to accept the governments of moderate Republicans Jules Armand Dufaure and Jules Simon
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1875· 2 entries
Won Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (1875).
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Won: Spain with Médaille militaire, 1857 (March 1875).
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1874· 4 entries
Won: Belgium with Médaille militaire, 1857 (September 1874).
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Won: Austria-Hungary with Médaille militaire, 1857 (1874).
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Career landmark: pilgrimage.
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Due to demands for Bonapartism, MacMahon called for constitutional reform
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1873· 2 entries
Career landmark: President of the French Republic (1873–1879).
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Career landmark: French co-prince of Andorra (1873–1879).
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1871· 3 entries
The French army surrendered, and the Germans had clearly won the war
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Became the head of the army of the French Third Republic, under President Adolphe Thiers, and in May led the Semaine Sanglante, the bloody week-long military campaign which defeated the Paris Commune and placed the ci
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And its rearmaments program, were talking of launching a preemptive attack on France
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1869· 2 entries
Won: Denmark with Médaille militaire, 1857 (May 1869).
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Awarded Knight of the Order of the Elephant (1869).
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1864· 2 entries
Career landmark: Governor of Algeria (1864–1870).
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Was named as Governor General of Algeria
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1861· 4 entries
Won: Kingdom of Prussia with Médaille militaire, 1857 (October 1861).
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Won: Sweden-Norway with Médaille militaire, 1857 (August 1861).
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Awarded Royal Order of the Seraphim (1861).
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MacMahon represented France at the coronation of William I as King of Prussia
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1859· 1 entry
Won: Kingdom of Sardinia with Médaille militaire, 1857 (August 1859).
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1857· 1 entry
Awarded Médaille militaire (1857).
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1856· 1 entry
Won: United Kingdom with Médaille militaire, 1857 (January 1856).
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1855· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1855).
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1853· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1853).
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1852· 1 entry
MacMahon organized in Algeria the plebiscite of legitimation by universal suffrage destined to approve the French coup d'état of 1851
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1849· 2 entries
Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (1849).
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Became a Commander of the Order of the Legion d'honneur, and served under General Aimable Pélissier, chief of the general staff of the Oran Province
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1843· 1 entry
Assumed the functions of regimental commander, when the incumbent was taken ill, and retained the command until 1845
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1840· 1 entry
Left Algeria and upon his return to France, he learned that he had been promoted to chef d'escadron (cavalry squadron chief)
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1837· 3 entries
Won: Wounded four times (1837).
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Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1837).
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At the Siege of Constantine, a bullet pierced his uniform; in 1840, a bullet pierced his sabre through the rib cage; in 1857 at the battle of Icheriden; and finally seriously on 1 September 1870 at Sedan
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1833· 1 entry
And returned to Algeria, this time, in 1836 where he was placed under the orders of General Bertrand Clausel, and then General Charles-Marie Denys de Damrémont
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1832· 1 entry
To the Ten Days' Campaign where he was noticed again during the Siege of Antwerp
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1831· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1831).
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1827· 1 entry
Studied at École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr (1825–1827).
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1820· 1 entry
MacMahon entered the Petit Séminaire des Marbres at Autun; then completed his education at Lycée Louis-le-Grand at Paris
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1808· 1 entry
Born 1808-05-13.
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