France in the Enlightenment

The atlas holds 3 people and 7 moments here, from 1685 to 1807. The most recorded lives are Louis XIV, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joséphine de Beauharnais.

Notable people

  1. Louis XIV

    from 1685 to 1715

    4 moments here

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

  2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    from 1763 to 1764

    2 moments here

    Austrian composer and performer of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart toured Europe as a child prodigy, made three formative journeys to…

  3. Joséphine de Beauharnais

    in 1807

    1 moment here

    Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, known as Joséphine, was Napoleon Bonaparte’s first wife and Empress of the French from 1804 until the…

Moments

  1. 1685 Reception of the Doge of Genoa Louis XIV
  2. 1692 Departure for the siege of Namur Louis XIV
  3. 1700 Permanent residence at Versailles Louis XIV
  4. 1715 Death at Versailles Louis XIV
  5. 1763 Moves to Versailles Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. 1764 Plays for the French royal family Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  7. 1807 Stay at Rambouillet Joséphine de Beauharnais

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