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Ferdinand von Schill

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German noble

Lived 1776 to 1809 · aged 33
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Major Ferdinand Baptista von Schill was a Prussian Army officer who revolted unsuccessfully against France's occupation of the Kingdom of Prussia in May 1809. Von Schill's uprising ended at the Battle of Stralsund, a battle which also saw von Schill's own death in action.

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Major Ferdinand Baptista von Schill was a Prussian Army officer who revolted unsuccessfully against France's occupation of the Kingdom of Prussia in May 1809. Von Schill's uprising ended at the Battle of Stralsund, a battle which also saw von Schill's own death in action. Outnumbered 3 to 1, Schill's Prussian Freikorps succumbed to a Napoleonic force supported by Dutch and Danish auxiliaries.

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Lived 1776 to 1809 · aged 33
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