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1766 In France
Events from the year 1766 in France Incumbents * List of French monarchs, Monarch – Louis XV of France, Louis XV Events On March 3, 1766, Louis XV gave a speech to the Parlement of Paris addressing his problems with the actions of the Magistrate, magistrates. Art *''Saint Peter Attempting to Walk on Water'', oil painting by François Boucher Births Dates known * July 8 - Dominique Jean Larrey, surgeon and military doctor(died 1842 in France, 1842) * August 6 - Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré, hydrographic engineer and cartographer (died 1854 in France, 1854) Full date missing *Louis-François Bertin, journalist and publisher (died 1841 in France, 1841) *Thomas Henry (patron of the arts), painter and patron of the arts (died 1836 in France, 1836) *Marie-François Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga, military officer (died 1849 in France, 1849) Deaths Full date missing *Jean-Marc Nattier, painter (born 1685) *Adrien Maurice de Noailles, aristocrat and soldier (born 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Pierre Tentant De Marcher Sur Les Eaux By François Boucher
In Christianity, Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of sanctification in Christianity, holiness, imitation of God, likeness, or closeness to God in Christianity, God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denomination. In Anglican Communion, Anglican, Oriental Orthodox, and Lutheranism, Lutheran doctrine, all of their faithful deceased in Heaven are considered to be saints, but a selected few are considered worthy of greater honor or emulation. Official Ecclesiastical polity, ecclesiastical recognition, and veneration, is conferred on some denominational saints through the process of canonization in the Catholic Church or glorification in the Eastern Orthodox Church after their approval. In many Protestant denominations, and following from Pauline usage, ''saint'' refers broadly to any holy Christian, without special recognition or selection. While the English word ''saint'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-François Bertin
Louis-François Bertin (), also known as Bertin l'Aîné (, ''Bertin the Elder''; 14 December 176613 September 1841), was a French journalist. He had a younger brother, Louis-François Bertin de Vaux; two sons, Edouard François Bertin, Edouard François and Louis-Marie François Bertin, Louis-Marie François; and a daughter, Louise Bertin. Life Early career Born in Paris (his father was a former secretary of Étienne François, duc de Choiseul), and considered in retrospect the most important member of the Bertin family, he began his journalistic career by writing for the ''Journal Français'' and other papers during the French Revolution. After Napoleon Bonaparte's 18 Brumaire, 18 Brumaire Coup he acquired the paper with his family name has chiefly been connected, the ''Journal des débats''. Guided by the contributions of figures such as Joseph Fiévée, Julien Louis Geoffroy, François-René de Chateaubriand, Charles-Marie-Dorimond de Féletz, Jean François Boissonade de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni
Jean-Nicolas Servan, also known as Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni (2 May 1695 – 19 January 1766) was an Italian decorator, architect, scene-painter, firework designer and trompe-l'œil specialist. He was born in Florence, the son of a French carriage driver. Career He was educated as an artist of perspective in Rome and was a pupil of Giovanni Paolo Panini worked in London as a set designer at the recently founded Royal Academy of Music but moved to Paris in 1724, where he became director of decorations (1724 to 1742) at the Paris Opera, at that time situated in the Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré), Théâtre du Palais-Royal. He became a member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1731. His activity was considerable, whether as a painter or as an inventor of scenic contrivances for fêtes at the marriage of royal personages. He decorated public festivals in England, France, and Portugal. During the years 1738–1743 and 1754–1758, Servando ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrien Maurice De Noailles
Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles (29 September 167824 June 1766) was a French nobleman and soldier. Biography Son of Anne Jules de Noailles, he inherited the title duc de Noailles on his father's death in 1708. He fought in the War of the Spanish Succession (1710–1713) during which the forces under his command on 24–26 July 1710 drove back a British attack on Sète. He was president of the Finance Council from 1715 to 1718. He distinguished himself in the War of the Polish Succession (1733–1738) and was made a marshal of France in 1734, becoming dean of the marshals in 1748. He served in the War of the Austrian Succession and was appointed to command the French forces in March 1743. He was defeated at the Battle of Dettingen in June 1743, but successfully drove the Austrians out of Alsace-Lorraine the following year, although he missed an opportunity to seriously damage the Austrian army as it was crossing the Rhine. The duc de Noailles was Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Marc Nattier
Jean-Marc Nattier (; 17 March 1685 – 7 November 1766) was a French Painting, painter. He was born in Paris, the second son of Marc Nattier (1642–1705), a portrait painter, and of Marie Courtois (1655–1703), a miniaturist. He is noted for his portraits of the ladies of King Louis XV's court in classical mythological attire. Life He received his first instruction from his father, and from his uncle, the history painter Jean Jouvenet (1644–1717). He enrolled in the Académie de peinture et de sculpture, Royal Academy in 1703 and applied himself to copying pictures in the Luxembourg Palace, making a series of drawings of the Marie de' Medici cycle, Marie de Médici painting cycle by Peter Paul Rubens. The publication (1710) of engravings based on these drawings made Nattier famous, but he declined to proceed to the French Academy in Rome, though he had taken the first prize at the Paris Academy at the age of fifteen. In 1715 he went to Amsterdam, where Peter I of Russia, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1849 In France
Events from the year 1849 in France. Events *1 January - France's first postage stamp, Ceres, is issued. *16 April - Giacomo Meyerbeer's grand opera ''Le prophète'' is premièred by the Paris Opera at the Salle Le Peletier with Pauline Viardot (who has collaborated extensively in the production) in the mezzo-soprano role, her first with the Opera. Stage effects include electric light, ballet on roller skates and the use of saxhorns. The audience includes President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte (future Emperor), Berlioz and the terminally ill Chopin. *27 April - Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Rome to defend it from the French troops of General Oudinot. *13 May - Legislative election held. *3 July - French troops occupy Rome. Roman Republic surrenders. Births *12 January - Jean Béraud, painter and commercial artist (died 1935) *8 February - Henri Amédée de Broglie, nobleman (died 1917) *21 February - Edouard Deville, first to perfect a practical method of photogrammetry (died 1924 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie-François Auguste De Caffarelli Du Falga
Marie-François Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga (; October 7, 1766, Falga, Haute-Garonne, France – January 23, 1849, Leschelles, near Guise, Aisne) was a French général de division of Italian descent. Two of his brothers were also generals. His name is inscribed on the south side of the Arc de Triomphe. Life First serving with the army on Sardinia from 1783, he returned to France in 1791, enrolling as a private dragoon in the 15e régiment and becoming aide-de-camp to General Dagobert. He was then made adjutant general to the Armée de Sambre-et-Meuse and commanded the light-infantry Demi-brigade, which was nicknamed ''l'incomparable''. Also serving on the French invasion of Egypt, he became aide-de-camp to Napoléon Bonaparte in 1800, général de brigade after the Battle of Marengo, and finally commander of the Légion d'honneur in 1804. Sent as an ambassador to Pope Pius VII, he organised the Pope's trip to France for Napoleon's coronation as emperor. He was sent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1836 In France
Events from the year 1836 in France. Incumbents * Monarch – Louis Philippe I Events * 29 July - The Arc de Triomphe in Paris is inaugurated. * Eugène Schneider and his brother Adolphe Schneider purchase a bankrupt ironworks near the town of Le Creusot in the Burgundy region and found the steelworks and engineering company Schneider Frères & Cie. Births *3 January - Marie François Oscar Bardy de Fourtou, politician (died 1897) *14 January - Henri Fantin-Latour, painter and lithographer (died 1904) *21 February - Léo Delibes, composer (died 1891) *26 March - Mélanie de Pourtalès, salonnière and courtier (died 1914) *31 May - Jules Chéret, painter and lithographer (died 1932) *26 June - Émile Étienne Guimet, industrialist, traveller and connoisseur (died 1918) *4 October - Juliette Adam, writer (died 1936) *15 October - James Tissot, painter (died 1902) *20 December - Alfred Grandidier, naturalist and explorer (died 1921) Full date unknown * Jean Pierre Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Henry (patron Of The Arts)
Bon-Thomas Henry (1766 in Cherbourg, France – 1836 in Cherbourg) was a French painter and patron of the arts. After studies in his hometown, Henry was forced while traveling to take shelter during a storm at Bordeaux, where he settled and became a partner with a merchant who sent him to Saint-Domingue. He returned to France after the Haitian Revolution, and learned the restoration of paintings from fellow artists. He was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Regnault. He augmented his skill in restoration with expertise learned during travels to Italy, Belgium, and England. This led to his gaining a position as an expert commissioner with the Royal Museums. The position facilated his amassing a significant personal collection of art. When he felt death approaching he decided to "ignite the flame of art" in his native town by donating his collection and establishing a museum. On the 29 July 1835 the town of Cherbourg inaugurated the Musée Thomas-Henry, with Henry's collection of 163 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon
''Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon'' is a Danish encyclopedia An encyclopedia is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge, either general or special, in a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into article (publishing), articles or entries that are arranged Alp ... that has been published in several editions. The first edition, ''Salmonsens Store Illustrerede Konversationsleksikon'' was published in nineteen volumes 1893–1911 by Brødrene Salmonsens Forlag, and named after the publisher Isaac Salmonsen. The second edition, ''Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon'', was published in 26 volumes 1915–1930, under the editorship of Christian Blangstrup (volume 1–21), and Johannes Brøndum-Nielsen and Palle Raunkjær (volume 22–26), issued by J. H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Editions * ''Salmonsens Store Illustrerede Konversationsleksikon'', 19 volumes, Copenhagen: Brødrene Salmonsen, 1893–1911 * ''Salmonsens Konversati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1841 In France
Events from the year 1841 in France. Incumbents * Monarch – Louis Philippe I Events *22 February - Thomas Robert Bugeaud takes office in French Algeria as Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa. *25 February - Circular from the Minister of Finances Georges Humann to prefects requiring a general census of property in every commune for a door and window tax. This leads to criticism in the press and unrest in cities across the country from 7 July to 10 September. *22 March - Law on regulation of working conditions for children ages 8 to 16, prohibiting under-8s from employment. *3 April - Allocation of funds for construction of the Thiers wall, last of the city walls of Paris. *25 April - The Indian Ocean island territory of Mayotte is sold by its last sultan to France. *28 June - The ballet ''Giselle'' is first presented by the Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique, at the Salle Le Peletier in Paris, with music by Adolphe Adam and Italian ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1854 In France
Events from the year 1854 in France. Incumbents * List of French monarchs, Monarch – Napoleon III of France, Napoleon III Events *27 March - United Kingdom declares war on Russia and Crimean War begins. *28 March - France declares war on Russia. *16 August - Russian troops in the island of Bomarsund, Åland, Bomarsund in Åland surrender to France, French-United Kingdom, British troops. *18 August - Siege of Petropavlovsk by Anglo-French naval forces begins. *20 September - Battle of Alma, Anglo-French force defeats the Russians in the first battle of the war. *17 October - Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855), Siege of Sevastopol by Anglo-French forces begins. *25 October - Battle of Balaclava, indecisive battle between the allied forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, Second French Empire and the Ottoman Empire against Russian Empire, Russia. *5 November - Battle of Inkerman, Anglo-French forces defeat the Russians. *27 November - André-A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
