5313902 French Revolution-Armand Louis de Gontaut later duc de Biron, and usually referred to by historians of the French Revolution simply as Biron (13 April 1747 ? 31 December 1793) was a French soldier and politician, known for the part he played in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars by Dargent, Jean Edouard (Yan) (1824-99); (add.info.: French Revolution-Armand Louis de Gontaut later duc de Biron, and usually referred to by historians of the French Revolution simply as Biron (13 April 1747 ? 31 December 1793) was a French soldier and politician, known for the part he played in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars. (illustration by Yan\' Dargent 1824-1899)); SeM Studio/UIG.