Talk:Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz

Latest comment: 7 years ago by The Rambling Man in topic Promotion history
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Did You KnowOn this day... Article milestones
DateProcessResult
May 6, 2017Good article nomineeListed
October 8, 2017WikiProject A-class reviewApproved
November 23, 2017Featured article candidatePromoted
Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on May 27, 2017.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz was a daredevil horseman whose feats included riding between the sails of a windmill in full swing?
On this day... Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on November 8, 2018, and November 8, 2023.
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Shouldn't the "King Frederick" link point to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_II_of_Prussia? The link currently points to the biography of a similarly named monarch who reigned some 40 years after the events described.

yup.

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I retained "saved the day", but removed "Victory" as the outcome of the battle is disputed, and the Prussians retreated on the following day. Vitoldus44 17:57, 14 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

Promotion history

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The box in the article says:

  • Major General 20 June 1757
  • Lieutenant General 5 November 1747
  • Inspector General of Cavalry in Silesia 1763

Was he really promoted to Lt Gen a decade before being promoted to Maj Gen? The Rambling Man (talk) 06:29, 22 May 2017 (UTC)Reply

No. Should be 5 November 1757, as the article text says. On the field of the Battle of Rossbach.