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1764 In France
Events from the year 1764 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XV Events * The government withdraws wartime taxes. * Beast of Gévaudan first appears. Births * 11 February – Joseph Chénier, poet (d. 1811) * 13 April – Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, marshal (d. 1830) * 26 April – Claude-Laurent Bourgeois de Jessaint, aristocrat and civic administrator (d. 1853) * 3 May – Princess Élisabeth of France, sister of Louis XVI (executed 1794) * 13 August – Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, general (d. 1813) * 7 December ** Pierre Prévost, panorama painter (d. 1823) ** Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Marshal of France (d. 1841) * Undated – Sophie de Condorcet, political hostess and feminist (d. 1822) Deaths * 15 April – Madame de Pompadour, mistress of Louis XV (b. 1721) * 11 September – Countess Dash, writer (born 1704) * 12 September – Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer (b. 1683) * 22 October – Jean-Marie Leclair, composer a ... [...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] |
1823 In France
Events from the year 1823 in France. Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XVIII * Prime Minister – Joseph de Villèle Events *22 January - By secret treaty signed at the Congress of Verona, the Quintuple Alliance gives France a mandate to invade Spain for the purpose of restoring Ferdinand VII (who has been captured by armed revolutionary liberals) as absolute monarch of the country. *7 April - French forces, the "Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis", cross the Spanish border. *23 May - The rebel Spanish government withdraws from Madrid to Seville following French attacks. *31 August - Battle of Trocadero: French infantry capture the fort of Trocadero and turn its guns on Cádiz. *30 September - Cádiz surrenders to the French and Ferdinand VII of Spain is restored to his throne as absolute monarch. *5 November - The "Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis" begin their withdrawal from Spain, although a French army of occupation remains in the country until 1828. Arts and litera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1697 In France
Events from the year 1697 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XIV Events *January – Charles Perrault publishes ''Histoires ou contes du temps passé'' ("Mother Goose tales") in Paris, a collection of popular fairy tales, including ''Cinderella'', ''Puss in Boots'', ''Red Riding Hood'', ''The Sleeping Beauty'' and ''Bluebeard'' *5 September – Nine Years' War: Battle of Hudson's Bay – French warship ''Pélican'' captures York Factory, a trading post of the English Hudson's Bay Company in modern-day Manitoba (Canada) *20 September – The Treaty of Ryswick is signed by France and the Grand Alliance to end both the Nine Years' War and King William's War. The conflict having been inconclusive, the treaty is proposed because the combatants have exhausted their national treasuries. Louis XIV recognises William III as King of England and Scotland, and both sides return territories they have taken in battle. In North America, the treaty returns Port Royal (N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marie Leclair
Jean-Marie Leclair l'aîné (Jean-Marie Leclair the Elder) (10 May 1697 – 22 October 1764) was a French Baroque violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school. His brothers, the lesser-known Jean-Marie Leclair the younger (1703–77) as well as Pierre Leclair (1709–84) and Jean-Benoît Leclair (1714–after 1759), were also musicians. Biography Leclair was born in Lyon, but left to study dance and the violin in Turin. In 1716, he married Marie-Rose Casthanie, a dancer, who died about 1728. Leclair had returned to Paris in 1723, where he played at the Concert Spirituel, the main semi-public music series. His works included several sonatas for flute and basso continuo. In 1730, Leclair married for the second time. His new wife was the engraver Louise Roussel, who prepared for printing all his works from Opus 2 onward. He was named ''ordinaire de la musique'' (Director of Music of the Chapel and the Apartments) by Louis XV in 1733, Lecl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1683 In France
Events from the year 1683 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XIV Events * * * * * Births * 4 February – Jean-Baptiste Bénard de la Harpe, explorer of North America (d. 1765) * 28 February – René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, scientist (d. 1757) * 23 June – Etienne Fourmont, orientalist (d. 1745) * 25 September – Jean-Philippe Rameau, composer (d. 1764) Deaths * * * * * * * 10 July – François-Eudes de Mézeray, French historian (b. 1610) * 30 July – Maria Theresa of Spain, first wife of Louis XIV of France (b. 1638) * 6 September – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (b. 1619 Events January–June * January 12 – James I of England's Banqueting House, Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire."Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Conne ...) See also References {{Year in Europe, 1683 1680s in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau (; – ) was a French composer and music theory, music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French composer of his time for the harpsichord, alongside François Couperin. Little is known about Rameau's early years. It was not until the 1720s that he won fame as a major theorist of music with his ''Treatise on Harmony'' (1722) and also in the following years as a composer of masterpieces for the harpsichord, which circulated throughout Europe. He was almost 50 before he embarked on the operatic career on which his reputation chiefly rests today. His debut, ''Hippolyte et Aricie'' (1733), caused a great stir and was fiercely attacked by the supporters of Lully's style of music for its revolutionary use of harmony. Nevertheless, Rameau's pre-eminence in the field of French opera was soon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1704 In France
Events from the year 1704 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XIV Events * 13 August – War of the Spanish Succession – Battle of Blenheim: Allied troops under John Churchill, the Earl of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeat the Franco-Bavarian army. Births * 12 February – Charles Pinot Duclos, writer (died 1772) * 28 February – Louis Godin, astronomer (died 1760) * 3 August – Catherine-Nicole Lemaure, operatic soprano (died 1786) * 24 June – Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, writer (died 1771) Deaths * 2 February – Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital, mathematician (born 1661) * 24 February – Marc-Antoine Charpentier, composer (born 1643) * 12 April – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, bishop and writer (born 1627) * 13 May – Louis Bourdaloue, Jesuit preacher (born 1632) * 7 July – Pierre-Charles Le Sueur, fur trader and explorer (born c. 1657) * 14 August – Roland Laporte, Protest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countess Dash
Gabrielle Anne Cisterne de Courtiras, vicomtesse de Saint-Mars (2 August 180411 September 1872), pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ... Countess Dash, was a prolific French writer. Biography Gabrielle de Courtiras was a daughter of M. de Courtiras, and early married the Marquis de Saint-Mars. After the loss of her fortune, she took to writing. On her remarking that she wished to write under a pseudonym, that of her favorite dog, “Dash,” was suggested, which she adopted. In many years she produced five to six novels. Her themes are mainly from the ''beau monde'' era in France and deal with themes of romantic love. Works *''Le jeu de la reine'', her first work (1839) *''Les amours de Bussy-Rabutin'' (1850) *''La pomme d'Eve'' (1853) *''La belle aux yeux d' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1721 In France
Events from the year 1721 in France. Incumbents *Monarch: Louis XV *Regent: Philip II of Orleans Events * * Births * October 19 – Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (d. 1800) * December 6 – Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French statesman (d. 1794) * December 29 – Marquise de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1764) * * * * * * Deaths * April 14 – Michel Chamillart, French statesman (b. 1652) * July 18 – Antoine Watteau, French painter (b. 1684) * August 13 – Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665) * Henri Arnaud, French pastor and leader of the Waldenses (b. 1641 Events January–March * January 4 – The stratovolcano Mount Parker in the Philippines) has a major eruption. * January 18 – Pau Claris proclaims the Catalan Republic. * February 16 – King Charles I of England giv ...) * * * * * See also References {{Year in Europe, 1721 1720s in Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame De Pompadour
Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (, ; 29 December 1721 – 15 April 1764), commonly known as Madame de Pompadour, was a member of the French court. She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, and remained influential as court favourite until her death. Pompadour took charge of the king's schedule and was a valued aide and advisor, despite her frail health and many political enemies. She secured titles of nobility for herself and her relatives, and built a network of clients and supporters. She was particularly careful not to alienate the Queen, Marie Leszczyńska. On 8 February 1756, the Marquise de Pompadour was named as the thirteenth lady-in-waiting to the queen, a position considered the most prestigious at the court, which accorded her with honors. Pompadour was a major patron of architecture and decorative arts, especially porcelain. She was a patron of the ''philosophes'' of the Enlightenment, including Voltaire. Hostile crit ... [...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] |
Sophie De Condorcet
Sophie de Condorcet (1764 in Meulan – 8 September 1822 in Paris), also known as Sophie de Grouchy and best known as Madame de Condorcet, was a prominent French Salon (gathering), salon hostess from 1789 to the Reign of Terror, and again from 1799 until her death in 1822. She was also a philosopher and the wife of the mathematician and philosopher Nicolas de Condorcet, who died during the Reign of Terror. Despite his death and the exile of her brother, Marshal Emmanuel de Grouchy, between 1815 and 1821, she maintained her own identity and was well-connected and influential before, during, and after the French Revolution. As a hostess, Madame de Condorcet was popular for her kind heart, beauty, and indifference to a person's class or social origins. Unlike that of her fellow-Girondins, Girondist hostess Madame Roland, Madame de Condorcet's salon always included other women, notably Olympe de Gouges. Condorcet was also a writer and a translator, being highly educated for her day, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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