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Hace 5 días · In effect, the Incorruptible’s turn against the immoderate use of the Terror created a conspiracy against him where one had not existed before. The resolution was passed, and Robespierre, his brother Augustin, Louis–Antoine Saint–Just, Georges Couthon, and several others were arrested.
19 June – Joseph François Michaud, historian and publicist (died 1839) 27 June – Alexis Bouvard, astronomer (died 1843) 25 August – Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, politician during the French Revolution (died 1794) [4] 1 October – Victor Marie du Pont, diplomat (died 1827) 15 October – Gabriel Richard, Roman Catholic priest, second ...
Hace 5 días · The most notable members of the committee were Maximillien Robespierre, Georges Couthon, Louis-Antoine Saint-Just, and Lazare Carnot, the “organizer of victory.” Ultimately, fears of the continuing Terror, and of Robespierre’s personal power, led to a coup on 9 Thermidor (27 July), which broke the power of the Great Committee.
Hace 2 días · In 1763, the signing of the Treaty of Paris between France, England, and Spain gave rise to the commencement of scientific expeditions to the Pacific, as exemplified in the voyages of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (1766–1769), James Cook (1768–1771, 1772–1775, 1776–1780), and Francisco Antonio Agüera e Infanzón and Felipe González de Ahedo (1770).
Hace 2 días · Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great (Louis le Grand) or the Sun King (le Roi Soleil), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign.
Hace 3 días · France - Absolutism, Louis XIV, Monarchy: Thus, in religious matters (except where Jansenism was concerned), in his dealings with the nobility and the Parlement, in his attitude toward the economy, and in his manner of governing the country, Louis revealed a desire to exercise a paternal control of affairs that might suggest a modern ...
26 de ago. de 2024 · She sketches the colorful personalities of her friends and acquaintances (Madame Roland, Charlotte Corday, Georges-Jacques Danton) and enemies (Maximilien Robespierre, Louis-Antoine de St. Just, Jean-Paul Marat), while all the time displaying her enduring optimism that the Revolution would eventually succeed in liberty and justice ...
