deaths
March 24, 1869
Antoine-Henri Jomini, French-Russian general (born 1779)
Antoine-Henri Jomini
Antoine-Henri Jomini was a Swiss-French military officer who served as a general in French and later in Russian service, and one of the most celebrated writers on the Napoleonic art of war. Jomini was largely self-taught in military strategy, and his ideas are a staple at military academies, the United States Military Academy at West Point being a prominent example; his theories were thought to have affected many officers who later served in the American Civil War. He may have coined the term logistics in his Summary of the Art of War (1838).
March 24
March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 282 days remain until the end of the year.