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1714 In France
Events from the year 1714 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XIV Events * 7 March – The Treaty of Rastatt, between France and Austria * 7 September – The Treaty of Baden between France and the Holy Roman Empire Births * 22 February – Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, historian (died 1795). * 6 March – Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre, painter (died 1789) * 19 March – Aymar Joseph de Roquefeuil et du Bousquet, naval officer (died 1782) * 17 June – César-François Cassini de Thury, astronomer and cartographer (died 1784) * 16 July – Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, military engineer (died 1800) * 14 August – Claude Joseph Vernet, painter (died 1789) * 27 November – Jean Philippe Goujon de Grondel, General (died 1807) Deaths * 15 April – Jean-François de Chamillart, clergyman (born 1657) * 28 April – Jean-Jacques Clérion, sculptor (born 1637) * 11 May – Pierre Le Gros the Elder, sculptor (born 1629) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-François De Chamillart
Jean-François de Chamillart (1657 – 15 April 1714) was a French churchman. The brother of the contrôleur général des finances Michel de Chamillart, Jean-François served as the abbot of the Fontgombault Abbey, and of Baume-les-Messieurs Abbey, as count and bishop of Dol (1692-1702), and then as bishop of Senlis (1702–14). Chamillart was born and died in Paris. He earned a doctorate in theology from the Sorbonne. First almoner to Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, duchess of Burgundy, he was elected a member of the Académie française on 5 January 1702, replacing François Charpentier. He was received into the Académie on 7 September 1702 by abbot Gallois, a reception in which his nieces assisted, to entertain themselves at his expense - they sat at a tribune in what was the beginning of women being admitted to the Académie's public sittings (though Chamillart rarely came to the Académie himself despite his seat on it). Little is known of his life - D'Alembert Jean-Bapt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Grandjean
Philippe Grandjean (in modern French spelled Grandjon) (1666–1714) was a French type engraver notable for his series of Roman and italic types known as Romain du Roi (French: King's Roman), produced in tandem with Louis Simonneau. Information King Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Vers ..., in 1692, directed that a typeface be designed at any necessary expense for the exclusive use of the Royal printer. The design was carried out by Grandjean and Simonneau with approval and supervision by a group of mathematicians and philosophers. References French typographers and type designers 1666 births 1714 deaths {{graphic-designer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Adhémar De Monteil, Comte De Grignan
François Adhémar de Monteil, comte de Grignan (15 September 1632 – 30 December 1714) was a French aristocrat, remembered chiefly for being Lieutenant-Governor of Provence and the beloved son-in-law of Madame de Sévigné. Life and career François de Castellane-Ornano-Adhémar de Monteil de Grignan was born in the Provençal village of Grignan in 1632. He was the eldest of 11 children. At the death of his father, on 4 August 1668, he inherited the title of Count of Grignan. While still young, he engaged upon a military career. In 1654, he became colonel of the Champagne Regiment. Two years later, he became Capitaine-Lieutenant of the soldiers of the Household Cavalry of Queen Anne. He was married three times, first to Angélique-Claire d'Angennes, daughter of the Marquis de Rambouillet. They had two daughters, then Angélique died in 1665. One year later, Grignan married Marie-Angélique du Puy-du-Fou, who died shortly after giving birth to a son, who died in infa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César D'Estrées
César d'Estrées (5 February 1628 – 18 December 1714) was a French diplomat and cardinal. Biography Estrées was born and died in Paris. He was the son of Marshal François Annibal d'Estrées and nephew of Gabrielle d'Estrées, mistress of King Henri IV. His brother was Marshal Jean II d'Estrées. Estrées was abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Duke-Bishop of Laon and a cardinal. He was also French ambassador in Rome and Spain, commander in the Order of the Holy Spirit and a ''pair de France The Peerage of France (french: Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 in the Middle Ages. The prestigious title and position of Peer of France (french: Pair de France, links=no) was ...''. He was elected member of the Académie française in 1658 ( Seat 9). References Literature * Charles Berton''Dictionnaire des cardinaux. Contenant des notions générales sur le cardinalat'' J.-P. Migne, Paris 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers
Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (c. 1632, Paris – 13 November 1714) was a French organist, composer and theorist. His first ''livre d'orgue'' is the earliest surviving published collection with traditional French organ school forms (a collection by Louis Couperin that is in manuscript does not seem to have been published. See Guy Oldham, "Louis Couperin: A New Source of French Keyboard Music of the Mid-17th Century", Recherches sur la musique française classique, Vol. I (1960), pp. 51–59). Nivers's other music is less known; however, his treatises on Gregorian chant and basso continuo are still considered important sources on 17th century liturgical music and performance practice. Life Nivers was born into a prosperous Parisian family: his father was a fermier générale (tax collector) for the bishop. Nothing is known of his early years or his musical training except that he may have received a degree from the University of Paris. In the early 1650s Nivers became organist of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Leclerc (1637–1714)
Sébastien Leclerc or Le Clerc ([baptized] 26 September 1637— 25 October 1714) was a French artist from the Lorraine (duchy), Duchy of Lorraine. He specialized in subtle reproductive drawings, etchings, and engravings of paintings; and worked mostly in Paris, where he was counseled by the King's painter, Charles Le Brun, to devote himself entirely to engraving. Leclerc joined the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1672 and taught perspective there. He worked for Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV, being made "''graveur du Roi''" (attached to the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi, Cabinet du Roi), doing engraving work for the royal house. Leclerc also engaged in periodic work as a drafter, technical draftsman and military engineer. Of his reproductive engravings, the connoisseur and chronicler of artistic life, Pierre-Jean Mariette, wrote in his ''Abecedario'': Early life Sébastien Leclerc was born in 1637 in Metz; the son of Laurent Leclerc (1590–1695), a local goldsmith a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques De Tourreil
Jacques de Tourreil (Toulouse, 18 November 1656 – Paris, 11 October 1714) was a French jurist, orator, translator and man of letters. Biography The author of translations of Demosthenes and essays on jurisprudence, Tourreil was elected to the Académie royale des inscriptions et médailles in 1691, the Académie française in 1692 and the Académie des Jeux floraux in 1694. Being both an orator and a contributor to the first edition of the ''Dictionnaire de l'Académie française'', he was given the responsibility of presenting the dictionary to the court, which he fulfilled on 24 August 1694 by delivering the compliments of the Académie to the King, the royal family and the ministers in a celebrated speech. Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Ver ... replied ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Le Pesant, Sieur De Boisguilbert
Pierre le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert or Boisguillebert (; 17 February 164610 October 1714) was a French lawmaker and a Jansenist, one of the inventors of the notion of an economic market. Early life He was born at Rouen of an ancient noble family of Normandy, allied to that of Corneille. He received his classical education in Rouen, and was also taught at the Petites écoles de Port-Royal, entered the magistracy and became judge at Montivilliers, near Le Havre. In 1690 he became president of the bailliage of Rouen, a post which he retained almost until his death, leaving it to his son. Taxation proposals In his two leadership positions he made a close study of local economic conditions, personally, supervising the cultivation of his lands, and entering into relations with the principal merchants of Rouen. He was thus led to consider the misery of the people under the burden of taxation. In 1695 he published his principal work, ''Le détail de la France; la cause de la diminuti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules De Clérambault
Jules de Clérambault (ca. 1660 – 17 August 1714) was a French ecclesiastic and Abbot of Saint-Taurin d’Évreux. He was the son of Marshal of France Philippe de Clérambault de La Palluau, and brother of Philippe, who in 1704 as lieutenant general, was responsible for the defense of the village of Blindheim in the Battle of Blenheim and was killed (drowned) during the battle. In 1695, he is elected member of the Académie française, succeeding the famous poet and fabulist Jean de La Fontaine. As Clérambault was a hunchback, he was nicknamed Aesop Aesop ( or ; , ; c. 620–564 BCE) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as ''Aesop's Fables''. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, numerous tales cre ..., after a figure in one of De La Fontaine's stories. He was a historian and theologian. External linksNotice biographique de l'Académie française {{DEFAULTSORT:Clerambault ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Du Ry
Jean Paul du Ry (1640 – 21 June 1714) was a French architect and Huguenot refugee who was responsible for a number of baroque buildings in Kassel, Hesse, Germany. Origins Jean Paul du Ry came from a family of French architects. His father was Mathurin du Ry (died circa 1680), court architect in Paris, and his grandfather was Charles du Ry, also a court architect in Paris. Paul du Ry was trained by the architect François Blondel (1618–1686) in Paris. Career Paul du Ry was persecuted for his Calvinist faith, and at an early age moved to the Netherlands where he mainly worked as a military engineer in Maastricht. During this period he became acquainted with Dutch Baroque architecture, Baroque classicism. He went back to Paris in 1674. In 1685 he returned to the Netherlands, then moved to Hesse in 1688. The Stadtholder William III of Orange gave him a recommendation to Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. The Landgrave employed Paul du Ry as court architect and director of en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Anne Mancini
Marie Anne Mancini, Duchess of Bouillon (1649 – 20 June 1714), was an Italian-French aristocrat and cultural patron, the youngest of the five famous Mancini sisters, who along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, were known at the court of King Louis XIV of France as the ''Mazarinettes'', because their uncle was the king's chief minister, Cardinal Mazarin. She is known for her involvement in the famous Poison Affair, and as the patron of La Fontaine. Life Marie Anne's parents were Mancini family, Lorenzo Mancini, a Roman baron, Necromancy, necromancer and Astrology, astrologer, and Girolama Mazzarini, Geronima Mazzarini, sister of Cardinal Mazarin. Her four famous sisters were: * Laura Mancini, Laure (1636–1657), the eldest, who married Louis, Duke of Vendôme, Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, grandson of King Henry IV of France, Henri IV and his mistress, Gabrielle d'Estrées, and became the mother of the famous French general Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
