Charles Hindelang, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charles Hindelang

Quebec revolutionary

Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1810

Place of Birth: Paris, ÃŽle-de-France, France

Date of Death: 15-Feb-1839

Profession: military personnel, revolutionary

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Charles Hindelang

  • Charles Hindelang (March 29, 1810 – February 15, 1839) was a French-born military man who fought for the independence of Lower Canada (present-day Quebec).
  • For these actions, he was hanged by the British authorities.
  • Born in Paris, he also had a Swiss heritage and was a Calvinist. Hindelang took part in the French Revolution of 1830 (the July Revolution), in which he became an officer.
  • He declared that he came to the Americas to do commerce at the demand of his parents.
  • This was however contradicted by P.
  • H.
  • Touvrey, a compatriot of Hindelang present during the Rebellion, who said that Hindelang specifically came to join the Lower Canada Rebellion.
  • Recruited by Ludger Duvernay in the United States, he arrived in Lower Canada on November 4, 1838.
  • During the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1838, he fought the Battle of Odelltown on Patriote ranks, the last battle of the conflict.
  • The Patriotes were defeated. Hindelang was apprehended shortly after as he attempted to flee back to the United States, and was sentenced to death.
  • He was hanged on February 15, 1839 at the Pied-du-Courant Prison in Montreal with such people as François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier.
  • In front of the crowd, before the execution, he shouted: "The cause for which I am sacrificed is noble and great [...] Canadiens, my last goodbye is the old cry of France: Long live freedom! (Vive la liberté!)" His character plays a notable role in Pierre Falardeau's film February 15, 1839 about the incarceration and execution of the Patriotes.

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