Jean-Baptiste, Count Jourdan

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Apr 25, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 18, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Nov 19, 2023
	Modified title of Web site: Military History Encyclopedia on the Web - Biography of Jean-Baptiste Comte Jourdan.	Satyavrat Nirala	Jul 24, 2014
	Add new Web site: Military History Encyclopedia on the Web - Biography of Jean-Baptiste Comte Jourdan.	Dutta Promeet	Jul 23, 2010
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998