|
1737 In France
Events from the year 1737 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XV Events * February 20 – Foreign Minister Germain Louis Chauvelin is dismissed by Louis XV's Chief Minister, Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury. * February 27 – Scientists Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau and Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon publish the first study on dendrochronology.''De la cause de l'excentricité des couches ligneuses qu'on apperçoit quand on coupe horisontalement le tronc d'un arbre''. * March 16 – In Paris, representatives sign an armistice bringing an end to the Spanish–Portuguese War (1735–1737). * April 5 – Jesuit priest Jean-François Régis is canonized as Saint Regis by the Roman Catholic Church under the reign of Pope Clement XII. Births * January 18 – Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, botanist (d. 1814) * February 12 – Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau, salon hostess (d. 1794) * Marie-Catherine de Maraise, businesswoman (d. 1822) * Anne ... [...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] |
1794 In France
The following lists events that happened during 1794 in the French Republic. Incumbents *The Committee of Public Safety (de facto) *The National Convention Events January to March *4 February – The French Republic abolishes slavery. *15 February – Modern arrangement of Flag of France adopted. *26 February – Ventôse Decrees, proposed to confiscate the property of exiles and opponents of the Revolution, and redistribute it to the needy. *3 March – Ventôse Decrees. *23 March – British troops capture Martinique from the French. April to June *5 April – Execution of Georges Danton. *19 April – Britain signs a treaty of alliance with Prussia and the Netherlands against France. *21 April – British troops seize Guadeloupe but the French regain control on 7 June. *30 April – 1 May – War of the Pyrenees: Second Battle of Boulou, French victory against Spain and Portugal. *7 May – French Revolution: Robespierre establishes the Cult of the Supreme Being as the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor-Marie D'Estrées
Victor-Marie d'Estrées, Duke of Estrées count then duke (1723) of Estrées (30 November 1660, Paris – 27 December 1737, Paris) was a Marshal of France and subsequently known as the ''"Maréchal d'Estrées''". Biography Son of Marshal Jean d'Estrées, Count of Estrées (1624–1707), Victor Marie began his military career in the infantry in 1676, but joined the Navy one year later. In the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678), he commanded a ship in the Battle of Tabago (3 March 1677) and fought afterwards in the Mediterranean. At the beginning of the War of the Grand Alliance, he volunteered in the army and was wounded in the siege of Philippsburg in 1688. In 1690, he commanded 20 ships in the Battle of Beachy Head. Then, on command of Louis XIV, he took charge of the Mediterranean fleet and supported the Duke of Vendôme in the conquest of Barcelona in 1697. In 1698, he married Lucie Félicité de Noailles (°1683), daughter of Marshal Anne Jules de Noailles, Duke of Noail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1688 In France
Events from the year 1688 in France Incumbents * List of French monarchs, Monarch – Louis XIV of France, Louis XIV Events Births Full date missing *Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Elder, engraver (died 1754 in France, 1754) *Jacques Chereau, engraver and printmaker (died 1776 in France, 1776) Deaths Full date missing *Antoine Furetière, scholar (born 1619 in France, 1619) *Philippe Quinault, librettist and dramatist (born 1635 in France, 1635) *Abraham Duquesne, naval officer (born c.1610 in France, 1610) *Claude Mellan, engraver and painter (born 1598 in France, 1598) *Nicolas Denys, aristocrat, explorer, colonizer and soldier in New France (born 1598?) See also References 1680s in France {{France-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Lemoyne
François Lemoyne or François Le Moine (; 1688 – 4 June 1737) was a French rococo painter. He was a winner of the Prix de Rome, professor of the Académie de peinture et de sculpture, and ''Premier peintre du Roi'' to Louis XV. He was tutor to Charles-Joseph Natoire and François Boucher. Throughout his career, Lemoyne sought to be seen as the heir to Charles Le Brun and the leading painter of his generation, titles also vied for by his rival Jean-François de Troy (1679–1752). Lemoyne's work and talent, notably plied in Versailles, earned him the esteem of his contemporaries and the name of the "new Le Brun". He collaborated with or worked alongside other artists of the era, including Nonotte, Gilles Dutilleul, Charles de La Fosse, and Coypel. He took his own life in 1737, at the height of his career. With his death, the fashion of large allegorical ceilings disappeared. Biography Lemoyne was born in Paris in 1688 and studied under Louis Galloche until 1713. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1804 In Sweden
Events from the year 1804 in Sweden Incumbents * Monarch – Gustav IV Adolf Events * - Jöns Jacob Berzelius discover cerium. * - Sofia Lovisa Gråå appointed principal of the Royal Dramatic Training Academy.Österberg, Carin et al., Svenska kvinnor: föregångare, nyskapare. Lund: Signum 1990. () ("Swedish Women; predecessors, pioneers") Births * 28 January - Carl Johan Billmark, painter (died 1870) * 8 May - Lapp-Nils, Sami musician (died 1870) * 19 August - Christina Enbom, opera singer (died 1880) * - Anna Johansdotter Norbäck, founder and leader of the religious movement '' Annaniterna'' (died 1879) * - Sophia Magdalena Gardelius, damask weaver (died 1881) Deaths * 4 April - Abraham de Broen, actor (born 1759) * - Anna Brita Wendelius, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and the Utile Dulci (born 1741) * - Marguerite Morel, ballerina, actress and singer (born 1737) * - Gustaf Björnram, mystic and spiritualist medium (born 1746) References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marguerite Du Londel
Marguerite Du Londel or Dulondel (''Jeanne-Pierre-Marie–Marguerite Morel''; La Rochelle, France, 1737–1804) was a French ballerina, actress and singer (soprano). She was active in the French theater in Sweden and at that time attracted great fame. She is also known for her relationship with king Adolf Frederick of Sweden. Life Marguerite Morel was born in La Rochelle in France. She was engaged with her mother and her two sisters in the French theater company of Jeanne Du Londel and Pierre de Laynay, which was active at the Danish royal court in 1748–53. When the French theater company was contracted to perform at the Swedish royal court in 1753, Marguerite Morel initially remained in Copenhagen with her mother and sisters, before they left for Sweden to rejoin the theater in 1755. Sweden The French Du Londel theater in Sweden performed for the Royal Swedish court in the palace theaters of Confidencen and Drottningholm Palace Theater during the summers, and for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1808 In France
Events from the year 1808 in France. Incumbents * Emperor – Napoleon I Events *22 January - The Bragança Portuguese Royal Family arrives in Brazil, having fled the French army. *2 February - French troops occupy Papal States (Vatican). *February - Under the pretext of reinforcing the Franco-Spanish army occupying Portugal, French troops begin filing into Spain. *29 February - A French column, disguised as a convoy of wounded, takes Barcelona by convincing the authorities to open the city's gates. *23 March - Madrid is occupied by French forces. *2 May - Dos de Mayo Uprising, the people of Madrid rebel against the occupation of the city by French troops, provoking a brutal repression by the French. *5 May - Napoleon forces the Spanish royal family to abdicate and hands the throne to his brother Joseph. *25 May - Asturias rises up in arms, casting out its French governor. *4 June - Peninsular War: Battle of El Bruc, Spanish victory over French forces. *12 June - Peninsular Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Couppier De Romans
Anne Couppier de Romans (1737 –1808) was a m''aîtresse-en-titre'' of King Louis XV of France from 1760 to 1765.Lever, Maurice, Louis XV: libertin malgrè lui, Payot, Paris, 2001 Life Anne Couppier de Romans was the daughter of an office clerk in Grenoble, Jean Joseph Roman Coppier, and Marie-Madeleine Armand. In 1760, she became acquainted with Giacomo Casanova, who made her a horoscope claiming that she would be the lover of the king. Her sister, Marie-Madeleine Couppier-Varnier, was a courtesan in Paris and connected to Dominique Guillaume Lebel, who provided the king with lovers for his Parc-aux-Cerfs. Royal mistress She became the ''petite maîtresse'' (unofficial mistress) of the King in 1760, but she refused to become one of his lovers of the Parc-aux-Cerfs, where Marguerite-Catherine Haynault and Lucie Madeleine d'Estaing were housed at the time. Instead, she successfully demanded to be given her own house in Passy, where the king visited her. Her house was called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1822 In France
Events from the year 1822 in France. Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XVIII * Prime Minister – Joseph de Villèle Events *20 October - Congress of Verona, at which Russia, Austria and Prussia approve French intervention in Spain. * Hieroglyphs deciphered by Thomas Young and Jean-François Champollion using the Rosetta Stone. Births *8 February - Maxime Du Camp, writer and photographer (died 1894) *4 March - Jules Antoine Lissajous, mathematician (died 1880) *8 March - Charles Frédéric Girard, biologist (died 1895) *11 March - Joseph Louis François Bertrand, mathematician (died 1900) *7 May - André Garin, missionary and parish priest (died 1895) *20 May - Frédéric Passy, economist, joint winner (with Henry Dunant) of first Nobel Peace Prize, 1901 (died 1912) *26 May - Edmond de Goncourt, writer, critic and book publisher (died 1896) *13 September - Maurice Jean Auguste Girard, entomologist (died 1886) *19 October - Louis-Nicolas Ménard, man of letters (die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-Catherine De Maraise
Marie-Catherine de Maraise née ''Darcel'' (1737–1822) was a French businesswoman. She married the rich Parisian investor Alexandre Sarrasin de Maraise in 1767. Her spouse was the business partner of the pioneer industrialist Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf, founder of the royal manufacture of printed cotton in France. Her husband lacked knowledge of business details and allowed her to represent his interests in the business, and with his permission, she managed the company in collaboration with Oberkampf. This was an epoch when married women where legally minors under the guardianship of their husbands, but she was allowed to do so because of her husband's support. This made Marie-Catherine de Maraise uncommon in her position of a married businesswoman in large business enterprise. She is described as a talented woman with a keen business sense. She was essentially active as the company's accountant, responsible for its economy and for managing its contacts with authorities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henriette Anne Louise D'Aguesseau
Henriette Anne Louise d'Aguesseau, Duchess of Noailles, Princess of Tingry (12 February 1737 – 22 July 1794), was a French salon hostess and duchess, the heiress of her grandfather, Henri François d'Aguesseau, and wife of Jean Louis François de Noailles, Count and Duke of Ayen. Life She was the daughter of Jean Baptiste Paulin d'Aguesseau de Fresne, Count of Compans and of Maligny, who married, on 29 February 1736, her mother, Anne Louise Françoise du Pré, Dame of la Grange-Bleneau. Her father was successively adviser to the Parliament, Commissioner of the Second Chamber of the Palais Queries, Master of Requests, State Councilor regular (in 1734), Dean's Council, and Provost Master of Ceremonies of the Order of the Holy Spirit. Her mother died the day after she was born, on 13 February 1737. She was the paternal granddaughter of Henri François d'Aguesseau (1668–1751), Chancellor of France three times between 1717 and 1750. After her father remarried, she was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
