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- The Petit Trianon is a château and museum located on the grounds ... intimate musical and theatrical productions of her childhood with her retinue ...10 KB (1,468 words) - 01:37, 24 November 2022
- descendants, the Du Pont family, were one of America's richest and ... The DuPont Company was a major producer of war supplies in both World ...10 KB (1,478 words) - 21:44, 29 December 2021
- The Reign of Terror (June 1793 – July 1794) was a period in the ... were largely atheists, products of the Enlightenment. One of the ...11 KB (1,738 words) - 09:38, 29 July 2022
- political scientist who devised the concept of a Condorcet method. Unlike ... Condorcet was a key figure in the transformation of society from its ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 08:34, 10 March 2023
- his fate. He is noted for his justification of revolutionary violence which ... Picardy. His father was lieutenant-general of the bailliage of Guise, and ...11 KB (1,788 words) - 18:30, 24 August 2023
- – April 9, 1804) was a French statesman of Swiss origin and finance minister ... The biography of Necker is part of the history of the French Revolution ...12 KB (1,970 words) - 23:39, 4 July 2022
- George Sand was the pseudonym of the French novelist and feminist ... Born in Paris to a father of aristocratic lineage (from a grandaughter ...8 KB (1,162 words) - 16:34, 15 August 2021
- an older [[Scotland|Scottish]] design of the Guillotine. This example ... is noted for long being the main method of execution in France and, more ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 08:14, 8 January 2024
- ) was the legislature of the Kingdom of France from October 1, 1791 ... in July 1789 after the Estates General of 1789 failed to reach an agreement ...23 KB (3,164 words) - 20:20, 30 September 2023
- current in North America. In many parts of Europe, such as Germany, the ... des Mines, created in 1783 by King [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]], one of ...13 KB (1,906 words) - 22:22, 30 November 2022
- who is best remembered for her portraits of Marie Antoinette, and for her ... Today she is generally regarded as the most famous woman painter of ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 06:24, 13 June 2023
- speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated ... ("the 14th of July"). The French National Day is the anniversary ...30 KB (4,528 words) - 11:09, 20 September 2023
- as the queen consort and wife of Louis XVI of France. She was the daughter ... executed by guillotine in 1793 for the crime of treason. In recent years some ...41 KB (6,571 words) - 08:32, 10 March 2023
- The Palace of Versailles (in French: Château de Versailles, or simply ... In 1660, Louis XIV was approaching majority and the assumption of ...36 KB (5,934 words) - 06:18, 18 November 2022
- poet, journalist, and novelist and author of several best-sellers. Ironic ... France was a socialist who supported liberal causes. He was a signatory ...18 KB (2,551 words) - 20:05, 29 June 2023
- (May 6, 1758 – July 28, 1794) was one of the primary leaders of the ... * Louis XVI of France == Notes == == References == * article=Maximilien ...30 KB (4,512 words) - 09:20, 10 March 2023
- Convention. They were the most radical group of delegates, opposed to the Girondins ... The Mountain was composed mainly of members of the middle class, but ...26 KB (3,556 words) - 23:01, 28 October 2022
- Jacques-Louis David (August 30, 1748 – December 29, 1825) was a ... David became an active supporter of the French Revolution and friend ...24 KB (3,977 words) - 08:23, 18 March 2024
- 1842) was an Italian composer who spent most of his working life in France ... anniversary of the execution of King Louis XVI of France, was a huge success ...6 KB (953 words) - 02:42, 5 November 2022
- he was posthumously made an Honorary Citizen of the United States; there are ... La Fayette served in the American War of Independence both as a general ...23 KB (3,607 words) - 06:57, 15 December 2022
