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1716 In France
Events from the year 1716 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XV *Regent: Philip II of Orleans Events *May Cassell's Chronology of WORLD HISTORY, Hywel Williams, p.295- John Law Scottish economist establishes Le Banque Générale in Paris. * April – The Jacobite pretender to the British throne James Stuart is forced to leave France due to the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht. He takes up residence in the Papal exclave in Avignon and later moves to Italy. Births *20 January - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, writer and numismatist (died 1795) *29 May - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, naturalist (died 1800) *18 June - Joseph-Marie Vien, painter (died 1809) *16 December - Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc de Nivernais, diplomat and writer (died 1798) *26 December - Jean François de Saint-Lambert, poet (died 1803) Deaths *13 December - Charles de La Fosse, painter (born 1640) Full date unknown *Pierre-Marie-Jérôme Trésaguet, engineer (died 1796 Events January&ndash ... [...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] |
1800 In France
Events from the year 1800 in France. Incumbents * The French Consulate Events *January - Constitutional Referendum held which ratifies a new constitution. *13 February - Foundation of the Banque de France. *6 April - Siege of Genoa begins, with the Austrians besieging the French garrison. *3 May - Battle of Engen, French victory over Austrian forces. *3 May - Battle of Stockach, French victory. *15 May - Battle of Erbach, French victory with heavy casualties on both sides. *15 May - Napoleon Bonaparte crosses the Alps and invades Italy. *4 June - Siege of Genoa ends in a tactical victory for Austria. *9 June - Battle of Montebello, French victory. *14 June - Battle of Marengo, French victory, driving the Austrians out of Italy. *19 June - Battle of Höchstädt, French victory. *5 September - At the invitation of the Maltese, British troops liberate the Islands of Malta and Gozo from the French. *30 September - The Convention of 1800 (Treaty of Mortefontaine), signed between th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Marie-Jérôme Trésaguet
Pierre-Marie-Jérôme Trésaguet (15 January 1716 – 1796) was a French engineer. He is widely credited with establishing the first scientific approach to road building about the year 1764. Among his innovations was the use of a base layer of large stone covered with a thin layer of smaller stone. The advantage of this two-layer configuration was that when rammed or rolled by traffic the stones jammed into one another forming a strong wear resistant surface which offered less obstruction to traffic. Trésaguet was born in Nevers, the youngest son from a family of engineers. He began his career as a sub inspector in the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées (Bridges and Highways Corps), in Paris. He later moved to Limoges, Haute-Vienne as chief engineer in 1764. In 1775 he was appointed inspector general of roads and bridges for all of France. He published a paper describing his road building methods. Method of road building First of all an earth foundation was excavated parallel with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1640 In France
Events from the year 1640 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XIII Events *Introduction of the Louis d'or *The Battle of Cádiz Births * 9 Marcher Jacques d'Agar, portrait painter (died 1715) Full date missing * Étienne Chauvin, Protestant divine (died 1725) *Marguerite de la Sablière, salonist and polymath (died 1693) Deaths *30 May – André Duchesne, historian and geographer (born 1584) Full date missing *Claude de Bullion, aristocrat and politician (born 1569) *John Francis Regis Jean-François Régis, commonly known as Saint John Francis Regis and Saint Regis, (31 January 1597 – 31 December 1640), was a French priest of the Society of Jesus, recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church in 1737. A tireless p ..., priest (born 1597) * Isaac Manasses de Pas, Marquis de Feuquieres, soldier (born 1590) See also References Links 1640s in France {{France-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles De La Fosse
Charles de La Fosse (or Lafosse; 15 June 1636 – 13 December 1716) was a French painter born in Paris. Life He was one of the most noted and least servile pupils of Le Brun, under whose direction he shared in the chief of the great decorative works undertaken in the reign of Louis XIV. Leaving France in 1662, he spent two years in Rome and three in Venice. The influence of his prolonged studies of Veronese is evident in his ''Finding of Moses'' (Louvre), and in his ''Rape of Proserpine'' (Louvre), which he presented to the Royal Academy as his diploma picture in 1673. He was at once named assistant professor, and in 1674 the full responsibilities of the office devolved on him, but his engagements did not prevent his accepting in 1689 the invitation of Lord Montagu to decorate Montagu House, situated in Bloomsbury. He visited London twice, remaining on the second occasion—together with Jacques Rousseau and Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer more than two years. William III vainly s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1803 In France
Events from the year 1803 in France. Incumbents * The French Consulate Events *30 January **James Monroe, Monroe and Livingston sail for Paris to discuss, and possibly buy, New Orleans: they end completing the Louisiana Purchase. **Napoleon authorizes the celebration of a Joan of Arc feast in Orléans on 8 May. *30 April - Louisiana Purchase made by the United States from France. *May - The Napoleon I of France, First Consul of France Citizen Bonaparte begins making preparations to invade England. *18 May - The United Kingdom redeclares war on France, after French refuse to withdraw from Netherlands, Dutch territory. *5 July - Convention of Artlenburg, the surrender of the Electorate of Hanover to Napoleon I of France, Napoleon's army. *18 November - Haitian Revolution: Battle of Vertières, decisive Haitian victory over the French colonial army. Births January to June *16 February - Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès, politician (died 1878 in France, 1878) *3 March - Alexandre-Gabrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean François De Saint-Lambert
Jean François de Saint-Lambert (; 26 December 1716 – 9 February 1803) was a French poet, philosopher and military officer. Biography Saint-Lambert was born at Nancy and raised on his parents' estate at Affracourt, a village in Lorraine near Haroué, a seat of the Beauvau family, with whom he had close ties. He studied at the university at Pont-à-Mousson, but then spent several years at home recovering from an unidentified illness. He often complained of poor health, but participated in military campaigns, led a strenuous social life, and lived to be 86 years old. Saint-Lambert began writing poetry in his adolescence and belonged to Françoise de Graffigny's social circle in Lunéville. By October 1733 he had already begun work on ''The Seasons'', his major poetical work, which did not appear in print until 1769 (see 1769 in poetry). All his life, he read his works in salons and to his friends, but did not rush to publish them. In 1739, Saint-Lambert joined the Heudicour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1798 In France
Events from the year 1798 in France. Incumbents * The French Directory Events *10 February - The Papacy is removed from power by the French General Louis Alexandre Berthier. *7 March - French forces invade the Papal States and establish the Roman Republic. *26 April - France annexes Geneva. *12 June - French take Malta. *1 July - Napoleon's troops land in Egypt. *7 July - The United States Congress rescinds treaties with France, sparking the Quasi-War. *12 July - Battle of Chobrakit: French victory over the Mamelukes. *21 July - Battle of the Pyramids: Decisive French victory over local Mamluk forces. *24 July - Napoleon occupies Cairo. *1-2 August - Battle of the Nile (near Abu Qir): The British Royal Navy under Lord Nelson defeats the French navy under Admiral Brueys. 11 of the 13 French battleships are captured or destroyed, including the flagship ''Orient'' whose magazine explodes. *22 August - French troops land at Kilcummin in County Mayo to assist the Irish rebellion. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini, Duc De Nivernais
Louis Jules Mancini, 4th (and last) Duke of Nevers (''Louis Jules Barbon''; 16 December 1716 – 25 February 1798) was a French diplomat and writer. The Duke was the sixth member elected to occupy seat No. 4 of the Académie française in 1742. In England, he was styled ''Duke of Nivernois''. Biography Mancini was born in Paris, son of Philippe Jules François Mancini (the 3rd duke of Nevers from 1707 until his death in 1768), and Anna Maria House of Spinola, Spinola, whom he married in 1709. His father, Philippe, was a great-nephew of Cardinal Mazarin and a great-grandson of the famous beauty Gabrièlle de Rochechouart de Mortemart, sister of Madame de Montespan. Mancini was educated at Lycée Louis le Grand before he joined the French Army serving in the Italian campaigns (1733) and in Bohemia (1740); but, he had to give up soldiering on account of weak health. In 1738, he sold property including the château de Druyes to Louis Damas, Marquis of Anlezy. He was subsequently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1809 In France
Events from the year 1809 in France. Incumbents * Emperor – Napoleon I Events *13 January - Battle of Uclés, French victory over Spanish. *16 January - Battle of Corunna, inconclusive battle between British and French forces. *8 February - Franz I of Austria declares war on France. *20 February - Second Siege of Zaragoza ends with French victory. *25 February - Battle of Valls, French victory over Spanish forces. *17 March - Battle of Villafranca, French garrison forced to surrender to Spanish. *27 March - Battle of Ciudad Real, French victory over Spanish forces. *28 March - First Battle of Porto, French victory over Portuguese forces. *28 March - Battle of Medellín, decisive French victory over Spain. *11 April - Battle of the Basque Roads, naval battle, British attack on French fleet. *16 April - Battle of Sacile, Austrian victory over French forces. *19 April - Battle of Teugen-Hausen, French victory over Austria. *19 April - Battle of Ratisbon begins. *20 April - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph-Marie Vien
Joseph-Marie Vien (sometimes anglicised as Joseph-Mary Wien; 18 June 1716 – 27 March 1809) was a French painter. He was the last holder of the post of Premier peintre du Roi, serving from 1789 to 1791. Biography He was born in Montpellier. Protected by Comte de Caylus, he entered at an early age the studio of Natoire, and obtained the ''grand prix'' in 1745. He used his time at Rome in applying to the study of nature and the development of his own powers all that he gleaned from the masterpieces around him; but his tendencies were so foreign to the reigning taste that on his return to Paris he owed his admission to the academy for his picture ''Daedalus and Icarus'' (Louvre) solely to the indignant protests of François Boucher.''Encyclopædia Britannica '', 1911 When in 1776, at the height of his established reputation, he became director of the school of France at Rome, he refused to take Jacques-Louis David with him amongst his pupils, stating he was too old to teac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton
Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton (29 May 1716 – 1 January 1800) was a French naturalist and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers''. Biography Daubenton was born at Montbard, Côte-d'Or. His father, Jean Daubenton, a notary, intended him for the church, and sent him to Paris to study theology, but Louis-Jean-Marie was more interested in medicine. Jean's death in 1736 set his son free to choose his own career, and in 1741 he graduated in medicine at Reims and returned to his hometown, planning to practice as a physician. At about this time, Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, also a native of Montbard, was preparing to bring out a multi-volume work on natural history, the ''Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière'', and in 1742 he invited Daubenton to assist him by providing anatomical descriptions. In many respects, the two men were complete opposites, but they worked well in partnership. In 1744, Daubenton becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
