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Events on Saturday 1 May 1813 1
1768 – 1813Jean-Baptiste Bessieres (1768-1813)Died 1 May 1813, aged 44Bessieres was a Marshal of France and commander of Napoleon's Imperial Guard cavalry. He was killed by a cannonball while reconnoitering near Rippach on the eve of the Battle of Lutzen. His death was seen as a bad omen among the French troops at the start of the 1813 campaign.