Historical figures in France
The atlas holds 3 people and 5 moments here, from 1534 to 1839. The most recorded lives are Heinrich Heine, Victor Hugo and Jacques Cartier. Among them Political Leaders, Engineers and Inventors and Explorers, across the Industrial Revolution and the Age of Exploration.
Notable people
Heinrich Heine
from 1837 to 1839
3 moments here
German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…
Jacques Cartier
in 1534
1 moment here
French navigator and explorer from Saint-Malo whose three Atlantic voyages of 1534, 1535–1536, and 1541–1542 surveyed the Gulf and River of Saint…
Victor Hugo
in 1836
1 moment here
French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…
Moments
- 1534 Presentation to Francis I Jacques Cartier
- 1836 Writes from Mont-Saint-Michel Victor Hugo
- 1837 Stay in Granville Heinrich Heine
- 1838 Return to Granville Heinrich Heine
- 1839 Granville stay with Mathilde Heinrich Heine