Pascal Olivier Count de Negroni Military person

General Pascal-Olivier de Negroni (4 April 1829 – 22 October 1913) led the charge of Cuirassiers in the Battle of Reichshoffen during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. Negroni has been credited with inventing the famous “Negroni Cocktail”

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Pascal Olivier Count de Negroni
Birth dateApril 04, 1829
Birth place
Corsica
Date of deathOctober 22, 1913
Place of death
France

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Military person

award
Legion of Honour
military operations
Battle of Sedan (1870)
Franco-Prussian War
Battle of Wörth
military branch
French Army
military command2ème Brigade de Cuirassiers (1884)
service start1847
service end1891

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Pascal Olivier Count de Negroni on Wikipedia