Jurij Vega

Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega (also correct Veha; official Latin Georgius Bartholomaei Vecha; German Georg Freiherr von Vega) (March 23, 1754 – September 26, 1802) was a Slovenian mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.

Military service

Jurij left Ljubljana five years after graduation and entered military service in 1780 as Professor of Mathematics at the Artillery School in Vienna. At that time he started to sign his last name as Vega and no longer Veha. When Jurij was 33 he married Josefa Svoboda (Jo?efa Swoboda) (1771–1800), a Czech noble from Ceske Budejovice who was 16 at that time.

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1780 - 1771 - 1800 - Czech - Ceske Budejovice

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In September 1802 Jurij Vega was reported missing. After a few days' search his body was found. The police report concluded that it was an accident. However, the true cause of his death remains a mystery, but it is believed that he died on September 26, 1802 in Nussdorf upon Danube near the Austrian capital, Vienna.

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1802 - September 26 - Nussdorf - Danube - Austrian - Vienna

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Vega participated in several wars. In 1788 he served under Austrian Imperial Field-Marshal Gideon Ernst Laudon (1717–1790) in a campaign against the Turks at Belgrade. His command of several mortar batteries contributed considerably to the fall of the Belgrade fortress. Between 1793 and 1797 he fought French Revolutionaries under the command of Austrian General Dagobert-Sigismond de Wurmser (1724–1797) with the European coalition on the Austrian side. He fought at Fort Luis, Mannheim, Mainz, Wiesbaden, Kehl, and Dietz. In 1795 he had two 13.6 kg (30-pound) mortars cast, with conically drilled bases and a greater charge, for a firing range up to 2998 m (3280 yards). The old 27.2 kg (60-lb) mortars had a range of only 1791 m (1960 yd).

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1788 - Gideon Ernst Laudon - 1717 - 1790 - Turks - Belgrade - Mortar - 1793 - 1797 - French Revolutionaries - Dagobert-Sigismond de Wurmser - 1724 - Fort Luis - Mannheim - Mainz - Wiesbaden - Kehl - Dietz - 1795 - Pound - M - Yard - Kg - Lb - Yd

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