Historical figures in Tours

The atlas holds 5 people and 14 moments here, from 800 to 1953. The most recorded lives are Honoré de Balzac, Charlemagne and Charles de Gaulle. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Architects, across the Cold War and the Enlightenment.

Notable people

1. Honoré de Balzac

   from 1799 to 1837

   9 moments here

   French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…

2. Charlemagne

   in 800

   2 moments here

   Frankish king, Lombard king, and Carolingian emperor who ruled from 768 to 814. His itinerant court moved across Francia, Saxony, Italy, Bavaria, the…

3. Charles de Gaulle

   in 1940

   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…

4. Le Corbusier

   in 1953

   1 moment here

   Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…

5. Ho Chi Minh

   in 1920

   1 moment here

   Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…

Moments

1. 800 Made an extended devotional stay at Tours Charlemagne
2. 800 Mourned Queen Luitgard at Tours Charlemagne
3. 1799 Wet-nurse childhood Honoré de Balzac
4. 1799 Birth in Tours Honoré de Balzac
5. 1804 Pension Le Guay schooling Honoré de Balzac
6. 1813 Return to family Honoré de Balzac
7. 1825 Recurring refuge at Château de Saché Honoré de Balzac
8. 1832 Extended Saché stay Honoré de Balzac
9. 1834 Saché literary retreat Honoré de Balzac
10. 1836 June retreat at Saché Honoré de Balzac
11. 1837 Late-August recovery at Saché Honoré de Balzac
12. 1920 Congress of Tours delegate Ho Chi Minh
13. 1940 Anglo-French conference at Tours Charles de Gaulle
14. 1953 Enamel production at Luynes Le Corbusier

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