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1633 Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Seigneur de Vauban, later Marquis de Vauban (1 May 1633 â 30 March 1707), commonly referred to as Vauban (French: [vobÉÌ]), was a French military engineer who served under Louis XIV. He is generally considered the greatest engineer of his time, and one of the most important in Western military history. His principles for fortifications were widely used for nearly 100 years, while aspects of his offensive tactics remained in use until the mid-twentieth century. He viewed civilian infrastructure as closely connected to military effectiveness and worked on many of France’s major ports, as well as projects like the Canal de la Bruche, which remain in use today. He founded the Corps royal des ingénieursmilitaires, whose curriculum was based on his publications on engineering design, strategy and training.
1649 Maharaja Chhatrasal (4 May 1649 â 20 December 1731) was a medieval Indian warrior from the Bundela Rajput clan who fought against the Mughal Empire, and established his own kingdom in Bundelkhand.
1796 Joseph Pannell Taylor (May 4, 1796 â June 29, 1864) was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War. He was the younger brother of Zachary Taylor, the 12th President of the United States.
1810 Alexandre Florian Joseph Colonna Walewski, Natural son of Napoleon I and Maria Walewska, was born on May 4, 1810 at Walewice Castle, near Warsaw, in Poland. Naturalized French in 1833, he served in Algeria, then pursued a career as a journalist and diplomat, being successively Ambassador to Florence, Naples, Madrid and London, then Minister of Foreign Affairs from May 1855 to January 1860.
1878 Opha May Johnson (née Jacob, 4 May 1878 â 11 August 1955) was the first woman known to have enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. She joined the Marine Corps Reserve on 13 August 1918, officially becoming the first female Marine. Johnson became the first known woman to enlist in the Marine Corps on 13 August 1918, when she joined the Marine Corps Reserve during World War I.[7] Johnson, due to being first in line that day, was the first of over 300 women to enlist in the Marine Corps Reserve during World War I. She was 39 years old at enlistment.
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