August 24 or 25, 1752
Birth at Nennslingen, Bavaria
1770
Starts his military career
in the office of the Imperial Karabiner Regiment
1773
Becomes second lieutenant
1778-1779
As secretary to
General Lacy, Karl Mack takes
part in the
War of the Bavarian
Succession
1789
Becomes quartermaster under
General Laudon
in the
Austro-Turkish War.
1790
Thanks to General
Laudon's capture of Belgrade in
1789, Mack receives the Knight's Cross of
the Maria Theresa Order, and is promoted to
quartermaster lieutenant colonel.
1798-1802
On November 29, 1798, Mack kicks off the
War of the Second
Coalition by leading troops
from Naples into Rome, thus forcing the
French to leave their
Roman Republic
for a month.
September 25 - October 20, 1805
Battle of Ulm,
part of the
War of the Third
Coalition.
December 2, 1805
Battle of
Austerlitz, part of the
War of the Third
Coalition.
1806
Court-martialed, stripped of his rank and
precious Knight's Cross, and imprisoned for
two years.
1819
Reinstated.
October 22, 1828
Death at
Sankt Polten, Lower Austria
