August 1, 1744 was the day that Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was born. He was born in Bazentin-le-Petit, France. Jean was the eleventh child born from his titled parents, Philippe Jacques de Monet de La Marck (father), Marie-Françoise de Fontaines de Chuignolles (mother). The father of Jean-Baptiste was in the military as well as his brothers. His father set a goal for him to become a priest so, when he was eleven his parents sent him away to a Jesuit School. He stayed their until he was sixteen which was when his father passed. After his father's death he joined the military. Jean had fought in the seven year war. He had developed an illness that forced him to leave the army. Mr. Lamarck had three wives. Marie Rosalie Delaporte, his first wife,
