Paris in the Industrial Revolution
The atlas holds 21 people and 58 moments here, from 1763 to 1840. The most recorded lives are Honoré de Balzac, Benjamin Franklin and Napoleon Bonaparte.
Notable people
Honoré de Balzac
from 1813 to 1840
8 moments here
French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…
Benjamin Franklin
from 1767 to 1784
6 moments here
American printer, scientist, civic leader, colonial agent, revolutionary statesman, and diplomat.…
Napoleon Bonaparte
from 1799 to 1815
5 moments 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…
Frédéric Chopin
from 1831 to 1840
5 moments here
Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period. Born in Żelazowa Wola, he grew up and trained in Warsaw, travelled through Central…
Voltaire
in 1778
4 moments here
François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…
Charles Baudelaire
from 1821 to 1839
4 moments here
French poet, essayist, translator, and art critic, best known for Les Fleurs du mal. Baudelaire lived chiefly in Paris, spent formative school years…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
from 1763 to 1778
3 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…
Victor Hugo
from 1827 to 1832
3 moments here
French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
from 1765 to 1776
3 moments here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
Simón Bolívar
from 1802 to 1806
3 moments here
Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador. Bolívar led revolutionary campaigns that helped secure the independence of…
Thomas Jefferson
from 1784 to 1789
2 moments here
Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…
Adam Smith
from 1764 to 1766
2 moments here
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist of the Scottish Enlightenment, author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the…
Alexandre Dumas
from 1823 to 1830
2 moments here
French novelist, playwright, journalist, and travel writer, also known as Alexandre Dumas père.…
Charles Darwin
in 1827
1 moment here
English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…
Hans Christian Andersen
in 1833
1 moment here
Danish writer renowned for literary fairy tales including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen,” and “The Ugly…
Louis Pasteur
in 1838
1 moment here
French chemist and microbiologist whose work on molecular asymmetry, fermentation, germ theory, pasteurization, and vaccines transformed modern…
Richard Wagner
in 1839
1 moment here
German composer, conductor, theatre director, and essayist whose movements included early work in German theatre, exile in Switzerland, stays in…
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
in 1827
1 moment here
German philosopher and a central figure of German idealism. His documented movements include formative study in Stuttgart and Tübingen; tutoring…
John Adams
in 1783
1 moment here
American lawyer, revolutionary leader, diplomat, first vice president of the United States, and second U.S. president.…
Francisco Goya
in 1824
1 moment here
Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was born at Fuendetodos, Aragon, and died at Bordeaux, France.…
Michael Faraday
in 1813
1 moment here
English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…
Moments
- 1763 Arrives in Paris Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1764 First arrival in Paris Adam Smith
- 1765 Paris stay with the Prince of Conti Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1766 Second Paris residence and intellectual meetings Adam Smith
- 1766 Returns to Paris Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1767 Visit to Paris Benjamin Franklin
- 1770 Final Paris residence on Rue Platrière Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1776 Carriage accident in Paris Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1776 American commissioner in Passy Benjamin Franklin
- 1778 Lives at Chaussée-d'Antin in Paris Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1778 Treaties with France Benjamin Franklin
- 1778 Returns to Paris after twenty-five years Voltaire
- 1778 Attends a performance of Irène Voltaire
- 1778 Initiated at Les Neuf Sœurs Voltaire
- 1778 Dies in Paris Voltaire
- 1783 Hydrogen-balloon flight witness Benjamin Franklin
- 1783 Signed Treaty of Paris John Adams
- 1783 Manned balloon launch Benjamin Franklin
- 1784 Meeting with Mirabeau Benjamin Franklin
- 1784 Arrival as diplomat in Paris Thomas Jefferson
- 1789 Present in Paris during Bastille storming Thomas Jefferson
- 1799 Confronts legislators at Saint-Cloud Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1802 Travels to Paris Simón Bolívar
- 1804 Takes an apartment in Paris Simón Bolívar
- 1804 Crowned at Notre-Dame Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1806 Returns to Paris Simón Bolívar
- 1810 Marries Marie Louise at the Louvre Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1813 Paris boarding school Honoré de Balzac
- 1813 Arrival in Paris with Davy Michael Faraday
- 1814 Family relocation to Paris Honoré de Balzac
- 1815 Re-enters Paris Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1815 Retires to Malmaison Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1816 Law faculty and legal clerkship Honoré de Balzac
- 1818 Notary-clerk employment Honoré de Balzac
- 1819 Garret in Rue Lesdiguières Honoré de Balzac
- 1821 Birth at rue Hautefeuille Charles Baudelaire
- 1821 Baptism at Saint-Sulpice Charles Baudelaire
- 1823 First visit to Paris Alexandre Dumas
- 1824 Paris visit Francisco Goya
- 1827 Hosts the Romantic Cénacle Victor Hugo
- 1827 Visits Paris Charles Darwin
- 1827 Trip to Paris Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1830 July Revolution fighting Alexandre Dumas
- 1830 Moves to rue Jean-Goujon Victor Hugo
- 1831 Arrival in Paris Frédéric Chopin
- 1832 Parisian debut at Salle Pleyel Frédéric Chopin
- 1832 Settles at Place Royale Victor Hugo
- 1833 Benefit concert with Liszt Frédéric Chopin
- 1833 Begins extended stay in Paris Hans Christian Andersen
- 1836 Boarder at Lycée Louis-le-Grand Charles Baudelaire