Historical figures in Paris

The atlas holds 106 people and 375 moments here, from 800 to 2015. The most recorded lives are Peter the Great, Dmitri Mendeleev and Michael Faraday. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists, across the Space Age and the Cold War.

Notable people

  1. Peter the Great

    in 1717

    1 moment here

    Peter I of Russia, known as Peter the Great, was tsar from 1682 and emperor from 1721 until 1725.…

  2. Dmitri Mendeleev

    in 1900

    1 moment here

    Russian chemist Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev formulated the periodic law and produced a foundational periodic table.…

  3. Michael Faraday

    in 1813

    1 moment here

    English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…

  4. Geoffrey Chaucer

    in 1377

    1 moment here

    English poet, courtier, diplomat, and civil servant, best known for The Canterbury Tales. His documented career included military service in France,…

  5. Indira Gandhi

    in 1966

    1 moment here

    Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…

  6. Peter Paul Rubens

    in 1622

    1 moment here

    Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…

  7. Desiderius Erasmus

    in 1495

    1 moment here

    Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…

  8. Amy Winehouse

    in 2008

    1 moment here

    British singer and songwriter Amy Jade Winehouse was born in London and became internationally known for the albums Frank and Back to Black.…

  9. Umm Kulthum

    in 1967

    1 moment here

    Egyptian singer and actress, born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi. Raised in rural Dakahlia, she moved permanently to Cairo in 1923 and became…

  10. Raisa Gorbacheva

    in 1985

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…

Moments

  1. 1868 Residence on rue de Rome Sarah Bernhardt
  2. 1869 Residence on rue Auber Sarah Bernhardt
  3. 1870 Hospital work during the Siege of Paris Sarah Bernhardt
  4. 1870 Returns triumphantly to Paris Victor Hugo
  5. 1871 Refuge at Saint-Germain-en-Laye Sarah Bernhardt
  6. 1871 Return to rue de Rome Sarah Bernhardt
  7. 1872 Ruy Blas opening night Sarah Bernhardt
  8. 1873 Residence on Avenue de Malakoff Alfred Nobel
  9. 1873 Visits Paris art institutions Vincent van Gogh
  10. 1875 Conducts Requiem in Paris Giuseppe Verdi
  11. 1875 Works at Goupil headquarters in Paris Vincent van Gogh
  12. 1878 Settles on Avenue d'Eylau Victor Hugo
  13. 1880 La Dame aux Camélias with her own company Sarah Bernhardt
  14. 1881 Receives Paris's public homage Victor Hugo
  15. 1881 Nikolai Rubinstein funeral service Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  16. 1881 Return to Paris after American tour Sarah Bernhardt
  17. 1881 Visits Jenny Longuet in Argenteuil Karl Marx
  18. 1882 Continental Edison employment Nikola Tesla
  19. 1882 Stays again in Argenteuil Karl Marx
  20. 1882 Takes daily treatments at Enghien Karl Marx
  21. 1883 Honored at the Hôtel Continental Victor Hugo
  22. 1883 Visits Paris with his father Winston Churchill
  23. 1883 Paris residence during European interlude Oscar Wilde
  24. 1885 Dies at Avenue Victor-Hugo Victor Hugo
  25. 1885 Studies with Charcot in Paris Sigmund Freud
  26. 1885 Buried in the Panthéon Victor Hugo
  27. 1885 Rabies treatment at ENS laboratory Louis Pasteur
  28. 1886 Lives with Theo in Paris Vincent van Gogh
  29. 1887 La Tosca opening at Porte Saint-Martin Sarah Bernhardt
  30. 1888 Pasteur Institute inauguration Louis Pasteur
  31. 1889 Exposition Universelle visit Nikola Tesla
  32. 1889 Tours Europe and Paris Exposition Thomas Edison
  33. 1891 Studies at the Sorbonne Marie Curie
  34. 1891 Return to Paris and literary salons Oscar Wilde
  35. 1891 Sets out for Paris Marie Curie
  36. 1892 Seventieth-birthday jubilee Louis Pasteur
  37. 1893 Artistic direction at the Théâtre de la Renaissance Sarah Bernhardt
  38. 1894 Spends winter and spring in Paris Mark Twain
  39. 1895 Researched the Paris Commune Vladimir Lenin
  40. 1895 Final move to Villeneuve-l'Étang Louis Pasteur
  41. 1895 Marries Pierre Curie in Sceaux Marie Curie
  42. 1895 Death at Villeneuve-l'Étang Louis Pasteur
  43. 1895 Signing of the final will Alfred Nobel
  44. 1896 Works in the Paris laboratory Marie Curie
  45. 1898 Moves research into the radium shed Marie Curie
  46. 1898 Settlement in Paris Oscar Wilde
  47. 1899 Lease of the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt
  48. 1899 Opening of the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt Sarah Bernhardt
  49. 1899 Hamlet premiere Sarah Bernhardt
  50. 1900 Active participation in Paris Exposition Dmitri Mendeleev

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