Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg (1760–1799) was a soldier in the Austrian
service. He achieved the rank of Field Marshal, and died at the Battle
of Stockach. The third son of a cadet branch of the Fürstenberg, at his
birth his chances of inheriting the family title of Fürst zu
Fürstenberg were slight; he was prepared instead for a military career,
and a tutor was hired to teach him the military sciences. He entered
Habsburg military in 1777, at the age of seventeen years, and was a
member of the field army in the short War of the Bavarian Succession.
His career progressed steadily during the Habsburg War with the Ottoman
Empire. During the French Revolutionary Wars, he fought with
distinction again for the First Coalition, particularly at Ketsch and
Frœschwiller. He was stationed at key points to protect the movements
of the Austrian army. With a force of 10,000, he defended the German
Rhineland at Kehl, and reversed a bayonet assault by French troops at
Bellheim; his troops also overran Speyer without any losses. By the end
of the War of the First Coalition, at the age of 35, he had achieved
the rank of Field Marshal. During the War of the Second Coalition, he
fought in the first two battles of the German campaign, at Ostrach, 21
March 1799, and at Battle of Stockach, 25 March 1799. At the latter,
while leading a regiment of grenadiers, he was hit with French case
shot and knocked off his horse. He died shortly afterward.
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1791:
The Polish Constitution of May 3, one of the earliest codified national
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1815:
Austrian troops led by Frederick Bianchi, Duke of Casalanza defeated
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1837:
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1915:
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1920:
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1947:
A new Constitution of Japan went into effect, providing for a
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