Jean Christophe Collin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French general
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Jean Christophe Collin
- Jean Christophe Collin, called Verdière, was a general of French general of Cavalry in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.
- He was born 18 January 1754 in Paris.
- The son of Christopher Collin (Colin) of La Verdière, he was a volunteer in the Dragoons in 1767.
- He became captain of Hussars of Lauzun in 1778, a colonel of the Paris Cavalry in 1789, and a brigadier in 1795.
- He helped to quell the royalist insurrection of 5 October 1795, and joined the Army of Italy in 1796.
- He commanded the garrison at Paris in 1797, and was appointed General of division the following year.
- Subsequently, he participated in the campaigns of the Army of the Danube in 1799, at the Battle of Ostrach and the Stockach; later that year, he participated in Andre Massena's campaigns in northeastern Switzerland, at the First Battle of Zurich.
- He was part of the Grand Army of 1802–1806, and was injured at the Battle of Jena-Auerstadt.
- He died a few days after the battle, on 18 October 1806.
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