Jean-Joseph Charlier

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Jean-Joseph Charlier
French Empire  Belgium
Years of service	1813-1831
Awards	Iron Cross, Order of Leopold, Saint Helena Medal

Jean-Joseph Charlier (15 April 1794 – 30 March 1886) was a

After the outbreak of the Belgian Revolution on 25 August 1830, Charlier was among the 250 volunteers from Liège who left on 3 September to defend Brussels against an attack by a Dutch Army under Prince Frederick. He participated in fighting during the so-called September Days (Journées de séptembre) from 23 to 26 September 1830 near the Brussels Park at the Montagne de la cour where he commanded the two cannons available to the revolutionaries.

His role in the fighting was widely commemorated by subsequent writers and he became emblematic of the revolutionaries who had participated in the September Days after Belgian independence in 1831. He died at Liège on 31 March 1866.^[1]

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