1705 In France

picture info	1705 In France Events from the year 1705 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XIV Events 7 February – The Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar begins as Marshal René de Froulay de Tessé of the French Army supplements the Spanish forces of the Marquis of Villadarias and seizes control of a strategic fortress, the Round Tower, but the forces retreat after a counterattack kills 200 of their number in the retaking of the Tower 26 February – A French Navy fleet of 18 warships, commanded by Admiral Desjean, the Baron de Pointis arrives in the Bay of Gibraltar to aid the French and Spanish attempt to retake Gibraltar from Britain 31 March (20 March O.S.) – The Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar ends as a fleet of warships from the navies of England, Portugal and the Netherlands, commanded by English Admiral John Leake, arrives at the Bay of Gibraltar with 35 warships and English and Portuguese troops. In the battle that follows, five of the French Navy's ships are sunk and Admiral Desj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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]
	Company Of Mary The Missionaries of the Company of Mary is a missionary religious congregation within the Catholic Church. The community was founded by Saint Louis de Montfort in 1705 with the recruitment of his first missionary disciple, Mathurin Rangeard. The congregation is made up of priests and brothers who serve both in the native lands and in other countries. The Montfortian Family comprises three groups: the Company of Mary, the Daughters of Wisdom and the Brothers of Saint Gabriel. History As early as 1700 Montfort had conceived the idea of founding a society of missionaries. Five months after his ordination, in November 1700, Montfort wrote: "I am continually asking in my prayers for a poor and small company of good priests to preach missions and retreats under the standard and protection of the Blessed Virgin". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Justine Paris Justine Paris, real name Bienfait (1705September 1773), was a French courtesan and madam. She hosted several of the most famous brothels in mid-18th-century Paris and was one of the most known and successful of her trade. She and her brothel are portrayed in the memoirs of Casanova. She has been suggested to be the role model for the title character in ''Juliette'' by the Marquis de Sade. Biography Reportedly, she was a successful and internationally known courtesan before she opened the first of several brothels. For twenty years from about 1730, she operated a well-known brothel at Rue de Bagneux, Faubourg Saint-Germain, described as the perhaps most exclusive in contemporary Paris. In 1750, following a riot, she opened a brothel at Hotel du Roule which acquired fame and which was later taken over by Madame Carlier. Her brothel at Hotel du Roule was described by Casanova. It was located outside the city of Paris, near Chaillot, which meant that the clients could not go there by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin Marguerite-Antoinette Couperin (19 September 1705c. 1778) was a French harpsichordist, the first woman to hold the position of ''ordinaire de la musique de la chambre du roi pour le clavecin'' (court musician to the King of France). Life The Couperin family were a dynastic French musical family of professional composers and performers first mentioned in 1366. Marguerite-Antoinette was born in Paris, the daughter of François Couperin (the Great). She became active at the French court from at least 1729 (she is mentioned in an article in the ''Mercure de France''). On 16 February 1730 she succeeded her father in the office of ''Ordinary musician of the King's chamber for the harpsichord'' when her father retired. This was a feature of French courtly music in which musicians were able to bequeath or sell their positions in a system called ''survivance''. The title ''Ordinaire '' is the most junior rank in the hierarchy of the court's musicians and reflected her age and relative inex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1765 In France Events from the year 1765 in France Incumbents Monarch: Louis XV Events École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort founded The Hennessy cognac house founded Births 11 January – Antoine Alexandre Barbier, librarian (died 1825) * 7 March – Nicéphore Niépce, inventor, pioneer photographer (died 1833) * 26 July – Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon, marshal (died 1844) * 4 August – Claire Lacombe, actress and revolutionary * 1 September – Étienne Pellot, "le Renard Basque", corsair (died 1856) * 15 October – Joseph Dutens, engineer (died 1848) * 17 November – Jacques MacDonald, marshal (died 1840) * 3 December – Adélaïde Dufrénoy, poet and painter from Brittany (died 1825) * Approximate date – James Smithson, British chemist, mineralogist and posthumous founder of the Smithsonian Institution in the United States (died 1829 in Italy) Deaths * 23 February – Jean Girard, organist (born 1696) * 15 April – Élisabeth Alexandrine de Bourbon, princess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Élisabeth Alexandrine De Bourbon Élisabeth Alexandrine de Bourbon (Élisabeth Thérèse Alexandrine; 5 September 1705 – 15 April 1765) was a French princess of the blood and a daughter of Louis III, Prince of Condé. Her father was the grandson of the ''Grand Condé'' and her mother, '' Madame la Duchesse'', the eldest surviving daughter of Louis XIV of France and his ''maîtresse-en-titre'', Madame de Montespan. Biography Early life Élisabeth Alexandrine was born in Paris on 5 September 1705, as was one of nine children and her parents' youngest daughter. Named in honour of her older sister Louise ''Élisabeth'' and her uncle Louis ''Alexandre'' de Bourbon (Count of Toulouse), she was known by her second name of Alexandrine. From birth, she was known at court as ''Mademoiselle de Gex'' but would later take on the courtesy title of ''Mademoiselle de Sens''. She was known as Mlle de Sens most of her life. As a '' princesse du sang'', Alexandrine was addressed with the style of ''Her Serene Highness''. Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1777 In France Events from the year 1777 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XVI Events 3 June – Treaty of Aranjuez Births 31 January – Jean-Pierre Vibert, rosarian (died 1866) 12 February * Bernard Courtois, chemist (died 1838) ** Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, poet (died 1843) 3 March – Adolphe Dureau de la Malle, geographer, naturalist, historian and artist (died 1857) 3 December – Juliette Récamier, saloniste (died 1849) Auguste, comte de La Ferronays, politician (died 1842) Deaths 27 January – Hubert de Brienne, naval commander (born 1690) 20 March – Jean-François-Joseph de Rochechouart, cardinal (born 1708) 7 May Charles de Brosses, writer (born 1709) Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay, officer of the marines and colonial administrator for New France (born 1708) 23 August – Charles-Joseph Natoire, painter (born 1700) 13 July – Guillaume Coustou the Younger, sculptor (born 1715) 6 October – Marie Thér ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Louis Phélypeaux, Comte De Saint-Florentin Louis Phélypeaux (18 August 1705 – 27 February 1777) Count of Saint-Florentin, Marquis (1725) and Duke of La Vrillière (1770), was a French politician. Biography Son of Louis Phélypeaux, Marquis de La Vrillière, and Françoise de Mailly-Nesle (1688–1742), he succeeded his father as Secretary of State for Protestant Affairs, with responsibility for Huguenots. Appointed minister for the Department of the Maison du Roi by Louis XV in 1749, he held the post until 1775, setting a record for ministerial service. He was named to the Order of the Holy Spirit, where he served as chancellor. After the dismissal of Choiseul in December 1770, he served as Foreign Minister until June 1771. His use of lettres de cachet in the La Chalotais case was controversial and he resigned his ministerial posts in 1775. In 1724 he married Amélie Ernestine de Platen (d. 1752). He had Chalgrin design the Hôtel de Saint-Florentin. This later passed to Talleyrand and to James Mayer de Rothsc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon ''Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon'' is a Danish encyclopedia that has been published in several editions. The first edition, ''Salmonsens Store Illustrerede Konversationsleksikon'' was published in nineteen volumes 1893–1911 by Brødrene Salmonsens Forlag, and named after the publisher Isaac Salmonsen. The second edition, ''Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon'', was published in 26 volumes 1915–1930, under the editorship of Christian Blangstrup (volume 1–21), and Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen and Palle Raunkjær (volume 22–26), issued by J. H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Editions * ''Salmonsens Store Illustrerede Konversationsleksikon'', 19 volumes, Copenhagen: Brødrene Salmonsen, 1893–1911 * ''Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon'', 2nd edition, editors: Christian Blangstrup (I–XXI), Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen and Palle Raunkjær (XXII–XXVI), 26 volumes, Copenhagen: J. H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel, 1915–1930. * ''Den Lille Salmonsen'', 3rd edition, 12 volumes, Copenhage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1778 In France Events from the year 1778 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XVI Events 6 February – Treaty of Alliance 27 July – Battle of Ushant Births Full date missing Jacques Joseph Champollion-Figeac, archaeologist (died 1867) Deaths 30 May – Voltaire, writer, historian, and philosopher (born 1694) Full date missing François Alexandre Pierre de Garsault, botanist, zoologist and painter (born 1691) Ladislas Ignace de Bercheny, Marshall of France (born 1689) Pierre Laclède, fur trader, founder of St. Louis (born 1729) Élisabeth Duparc, soprano singer Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, sculptor (born 1704) Charles Clémencet Charles Clémencet (17035 August 1778) was a French Benedictine historian. He was born in Painblanc, in present-day Côte-d'Or, and was one of the authors who helped complete the great chronological work (the usual short form of a long title). H ..., historian (born 1703) * Jean Girardet, painter (born 1709) See also Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Nicolas-Sébastien Adam Nicolas-Sébastien Adam (22 March 1705 – 27 March 1778), also called "Adam the Younger", was a French sculptor working in the Neoclassical style.David B. Morris, ''The Culture of Pain'' (University of California Press, 1991), p. 203. He was born in Nancy and died in Paris. Life Adam was the youngest of the three sons of the sculptor Jacob Sigisbert Adam of Nancy. His brothers Lambert-Sigisbert Adam and François Gaspard Adam were also sculptors. In 1757, Adam married Christine Lenoir, the daughter of a goldsmith in Nancy. They had two sons, the painter Jean Charles Nicolas Adam and the sculptor Gaspard Louis Adam. Nicolas Adam was blind when he died in 1778 in Paris. Career Adam studied first with his father, then with his elder brother Lambert, at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture (Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture). He failed to obtain the prix de Rome, but did receive funding to travel to Italy. Along the way, he stopped to work on the ornamental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	1788 In France Events from the year 1788 in France. Incumbents Monarch: Louis XVI Events 7 June - Riots broke out in Grenoble, the Day of the Tiles. 21 July - Assembly of Vizille, the meeting of the Estates. 8 August - Louis XVI agreed to convene the Estates-General meeting in May 1789, for the first time since 1614. Births January to June 1 January - Étienne Cabet, philosopher and utopian socialist (died 1856) 6 January - Louis Marie de la Haye, Vicomte de Cormenin, jurist and political pamphleteer (died 1868) 18 February - Alexandre Soumet, poet (died 1845) 7 March - Antoine César Becquerel, scientist (died 1878) 12 March - Pierre Jean David, sculptor (died 1856) 22 March - Pierre Joseph Pelletier, chemist (died 1842) 13 April - Auguste François Chomel, pathologist (died 1858) 18 April - Charles de Steuben, painter (died 1856) 10 May - Augustin-Jean Fresnel, physicist (died 1827) July to December 1 July - Jean-Victor Poncelet, engineer and mathematician (died 1867) 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]