31 August 1802 Kraków, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire
Died
1 January 1877 Brünn, Margraviate of Moravia, Austria-Hungary
Allegiance
Austrian Empire
Service/branch
Imperial and Royal Army
Years of service
1815-1865
Rank
Feldmarschall-leutnant (Field Marshal-Lieutenant)
Commands held
2. Romanian Border Infantry Regiment
Military District Commander of Transylvania
Division commander in the VII. Army Corps
IX. Army Corps (Division Urban)
Fortress of Verona
IV. Army Corps
Battles/wars
Revolution in Sardinia-Piedmont
Battle of Novara
Hungarian Revolution of 1848
Battle of Voivodeni
Battle of Szamos-újvár
Battle of Szamosfalva
Capture of Klausenburg
Battle of Dés
Battle of Ciucea Pass
Raid on Marossény
Battle of Király-németi
Second Italian War of Independence
Battle of Montebello
Battle of Varese
Battle of San Salvatore
Battle of San Fermo
Battle of Treponti (Castenedolo)
Karl (Carl) Freiherr von Urban (English: Karl Baron of Urban; Hungarian: Báró Urban Károly; French: Baron Carl d'Urban; born 31 August 1802 in Kraków — died 1 January 1877 in Brünn) was an Austrian Field Marshal-Lieutenant celebrated for his daring tactics of lightning surprise attacks, often against much stronger forces, which earned him the epithet of Austrian Garibaldi.
He is particularly distinguished for his decisive actions during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-1849, and his participation in the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859. Von Urban was the first commander to make a stand against the Revolution in Hungary, organizing the resistance and defending minorities. He captured Klausenburg, the capital of Transylvania, twice.
Karl (Carl) Freiherr vonUrban (English: Karl Baron of Urban; Hungarian: Báró Urban Károly; French: Baron Carl d'Urban; born 31 August 1802 in Kraków...
opposed the Austrians led by Field Marshal KarlvonUrban and the Sardinians commanded by Giuseppe Garibaldi. VonUrban employed a cunning stratagem that led...
representative of Guadeloupe. September 10 – The Austrian commander KarlvonUrban makes the first stand against the Revolution in Hungary, assembling...
Friedrich Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Hegel (7 June 1813 – 5 December 1901) was a German historian and son of the philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel...
the Alps, led by Giuseppe Garibaldi, against Austrian troops led by KarlvonUrban. The Austrian defeat allowed the movement of the Hunters towards Como...
Battle of Montebello on 20 May, between the Austrian IX Corps led by KarlvonUrban (under the general command of Stadion) and Forey's division, part of...
South; Romanians in Banat to the South-East; Austrian troops led by KarlvonUrban and Romanian insurgents headed by Avram Iancu in Transylvania to the...
Austro-Sardinian War – Battle of Montebello: the Austrian army led by KarlvonUrban faces the French-Sardinian combined forces. May 22 – Ferdinand II of...
border regiments and Romanian peasants, under the command of colonel KarlvonUrban. The biggest battle for control of Dés took place on 24 November 1848...
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt (12 December 1875 – 24 February 1953) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany...
hardened the Saxons' position. In September 1848, the Austrian commander KarlvonUrban was the first to make a stand against the Revolution. He summoned leaders...
eventually Urban's army fell back into Como. The Austrians still outnumbered Garibaldi's men, but the defeat on the San Fermo pass had badly affected Urban's morale...
1967) Rashid Tali’a, Prime Minister of Jordan (d. 1926) January 1 – KarlvonUrban, Austrian field marshal (suicide) (b. 1802) January 2 – Alexander Bain...
warring parties, changing hands several times. The Austrian commander KarlvonUrban and his Romanian Regiment liberated the city three times from Hungarian...
– Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician (d. 1829) August 31 – KarlvonUrban, Austrian field marshal (d. 1877) September 19 – Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian...
rear was also attacked by Austrian troops when, on 6 February, Colonel KarlvonUrban made a lighting raid from Bukovina and took by surprise an advanced...
waiting for news of the approach of the troops of Malkowski and Colonel KarlvonUrban and wanted to plan his further actions in concordance to their positions...
Karl Ganser (15 September 1937, Mindelheim – 21 April 2022, Breitenthal) was a German geographer, urban planner, and former managing director of the International...
Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer. Between 1817 and 1820...
20 May 1859 Torricella Verzate 9 Austrian Army Austrian troops under KarlvonUrban execute 9 civilians. Bronte riots [it] 2 August 1860 Bronte 21 Red Shirts...
Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy (19 September 1901 – 12 June 1972) was an Austrian biologist known as one of the founders of general systems theory (GST)...
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