Historical figures in Namur
The atlas holds 4 people and 4 moments here, from 1692 to 1940. The most recorded lives are Charles de Gaulle, Louis XIV and Charles Baudelaire. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers, across the Enlightenment and World War I.
Notable people
Charles Baudelaire
in 1866
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…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1914
1 moment here
French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Claude Simon
in 1940
1 moment here
French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…
Louis XIV
in 1692
1 moment here
Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 1638–1715), king of France from 1643, was the Bourbon monarch known as the Sun King.…
Moments
- 1692 Siege of Namur Louis XIV
- 1866 Collapse at Saint-Loup Church Charles Baudelaire
- 1914 Wounded at Dinant Charles de Gaulle
- 1940 Crossing of the Meuse Claude Simon