Historical figures in Fontainebleau

The atlas holds 9 people and 10 moments here, from 1661 to 1926. The most recorded lives are Louis XIV, Vladimir Lenin and Napoleon Bonaparte. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Educators, across the Enlightenment and the Interwar Period.

Notable people

  1. Louis XIV

    from 1661 to 1685

    2 moments here

    Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 1638–1715), king of France from 1643, was the Bourbon monarch known as the Sun King.…

  2. Vladimir Lenin

    in 1910

    1 moment here

    Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…

  3. Napoleon Bonaparte

    in 1814

    1 moment here

    French military commander and statesman who rose during the French Revolution, became First Consul in 1799, and ruled as Emperor of the French in…

  4. Leo Tolstoy

    in 1857

    1 moment here

    Russian novelist, essayist, educator, religious thinker, and social critic. Born at Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy studied in Kazan, served in the Caucasus…

  5. Pablo Picasso

    in 1921

    1 moment here

    Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…

  6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    in 1752

    1 moment here

    Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…

  7. Louis Pasteur

    in 1881

    1 moment here

    French chemist and microbiologist whose work on molecular asymmetry, fermentation, germ theory, pasteurization, and vaccines transformed modern…

  8. Jean de La Fontaine

    in 1661

    1 moment here

    French fabulist, poet, dramatist, and author whose Fables became foundational works of French literature.…

  9. Gabriela Mistral

    in 1926

    1 moment here

    Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…

Moments

  1. 1661 Visit to Vaux-le-Vicomte Louis XIV
  2. 1661 Fête de Vaux and first performance of Les Fâcheux Jean de La Fontaine
  3. 1685 Edict of Fontainebleau Louis XIV
  4. 1752 Opera performed before Louis XV Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  5. 1814 Abdicates at Fontainebleau Napoleon Bonaparte
  6. 1857 Visits Fontainebleau Leo Tolstoy
  7. 1881 Anthrax-vaccination demonstration Louis Pasteur
  8. 1910 Settled temporarily in Bombon Vladimir Lenin
  9. 1921 Family summer at Fontainebleau Pablo Picasso
  10. 1926 Residence in Fontainebleau Gabriela Mistral

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