7 September 1758 (1758-09-07) Lavaur, Tarn, France
Died
5 April 1799 (1799-04-06) (aged 40) Isola della Scala, Italy
Allegiance
France
Service/branch
Infantry
Rank
General of Brigade
Battles/wars
Battle of Loano (1795) Montenotte Campaign (1796) Action of Rivoli (1796) Battle of Lonato (1796) Battle of Rovereto (1796) Battle of Bassano (1796) Action of Cerea (1796) Second Battle of Bassano (1796) Battle of Verona (1799) Battle of Magnano (1799)
Jean Joseph Magdeleine Pijon or Jean Pigeon (7 September 1758 – 5 April 1799) was a French general who was killed in combat during the French Revolutionary Wars. He led an attack column at Loano in late 1795. He commanded a brigade in Napoleon Bonaparte's French Army of Italy during several famous campaigns. In 1796 he fought at Lonato where he was briefly captured, Rovereto where he was in the forefront of the action, Bassano, Cerea where he led the advance guard, and early in the Arcole campaign where he was wounded. In Italy during 1799, he fought at Verona and met his death at Magnano. His surname is one of the 660 names inscribed under the Arc de Triomphe.
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