of Europe". He remained healthy in body and spirit throughout his remarkably long life. He died in Tours on 10 March 1807, at the age of 108, after a brief illness. See also Last European veterans by war William Hiseland: a British supercentenarian soldier References 1698 births 1807 deaths People from Côte-d'Or 17th-century French people 18th-century French people 19th-century French people French centenarians Men centenarians French soldiers French military personnel of the War of the Polish Succession French military personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession French military personnel of the Seven Years' War French military personnel of the American Revolutionary War Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Order of Saint Louis recipients