Lyon in the Industrial Revolution

The atlas holds 4 people and 6 moments here, from 1766 to 1831. The most recorded lives are Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Joséphine de Beauharnais and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Notable people

1. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

   from 1768 to 1770

   2 moments here

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

2. Joséphine de Beauharnais

   from 1799 to 1802

   2 moments 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…

3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

   in 1766

   1 moment here

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

4. Charles Baudelaire

   in 1831

   1 moment here

   French poet, essayist, translator, and art critic, best known for Les Fleurs du mal. Baudelaire lived chiefly in Paris, spent formative school years…

Moments

1. 1766 Performs in Lyon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. 1768 Passage through Lyon Jean-Jacques Rousseau
3. 1770 Lyon residence and musical collaboration Jean-Jacques Rousseau
4. 1799 Journey to Lyons to meet Napoleon Joséphine de Beauharnais
5. 1802 Journey to Lyons for Italian Republic ceremonies Joséphine de Beauharnais
6. 1831 Schooling and residence in Lyon Charles Baudelaire

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