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1670 In France
Events from the year 1670 in France Incumbents * Monarch – Louis XIV Events *January – Françoise-Marguerite, daughter of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, marries the Comte de Grignan. *1 June – At Dover, England, Louis XIV and Charles II of England sign the Secret Treaty of Dover, ending hostilities between their kingdoms. Louis will give Charles 200,000 pounds annually. In return, Charles will relax the laws against Catholics, gradually re-Catholicize England, support French policy against the Dutch Republic, and convert to Catholicism himself. *14 October – The première of Molière's 5-act comédie-ballet '' Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' is performed by his troupe with himself in the title rôle before Louis XIV and the royal court at the Château de Chambord, with incidental music by Jean-Baptiste Lully. *21 November – The première of Racine's tragedy ''Berenice'' takes place with the Comédiens du Roi at the Hôtel de Bourgog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petite Côte
The Petite Côte is a stretch of coast in Senegal, running south from the Cap-Vert peninsula to the Saloum Delta, near the border with the Gambia. The northern section near Dakar contains seaside resorts such as Saly Portudal, Rufisque, Nianing and Popenguine-Ndayane. The entire coast is part of the city of M'Bour, with fishing villages, such as Toubab Dialaw, Joal-Fadiout, Palmarin and Djiffer.Connolly, Sean,''Senegal'', Bradt Travel Guides (2015), p. 139-140, (Retrieved 14 April 2019) History During the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, Portuguese emigrants known as lançados formed communities along Petite Côte in the region of Senegambia. Some were Jews fleeing the Portuguese Inquisition, who married African women and formed local families. During the early sixteenth century these Luso-Africans had established trading centers in Petite Côte and elsewhere along coastal West Africa. Luso-Africans descended from continental Africans, Portuguese settlers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Leurechon
Jean Leurechon (c. 1591 – 17 January 1670) was a French Jesuit priest, astronomer, and mathematician, known for inventing the pigeonhole principle and naming the thermometer. Life Leurechon was born in Bar-le-Duc where his father, also named Jean Leurechon, was a physician to the List of rulers of Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine. He sent Leurechon to be educated at the Jesuit university in Pont-à-Mousson but, learning of Leurechon's desire to take holy orders and wishing him instead to become a physician, brought him back to Bar-le-Duc. In 1609 Leurechon ran away from home to return to the Jesuits, and the story goes that this so enraged his mother that she took up a dagger and attempted to assassinate the head of the local Jesuit order. His father appealed to the parliament in Paris, which had jurisdiction over Pont-à-Mousson, and Leurechon was returned again to Bar-le-Duc, where the Duke ordered Leurechon to be held at the convent of the Minims (religious order), Minims in Nancy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine-Charlotte De Boufflers
Catherine Charlotte de Gramont (1670–1739) was a French court official, foremost known as the ''Marechale de Boufflers''. She served as ''Première dame d'honneur'' to the queen of France, Marie Leszczyńska, the wife of King Louis XV, from 1725 until 1735. Life Catherine-Charlotte was the daughter of Antoine Charles IV de Gramont and Marie Charlotte de Castelnau, and married duke Louis-François de Boufflers in 1693. In 1725, she was appointed to the office of ''Première dame d'honneur'' to the new queen of France, and as such was responsible for the female courtiers, controlling the budget, purchases, annual account and staff list, the daily routine and presentations to the queen. Catherine-Charlotte de Boufflers was described as a person known for her strict morals, and her appointment was considered suitable by the king because of her many virtues. Despite the efforts of André-Hercule de Fleury, most of the other office holders to the Queen's Household were appointed bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Boitard
François Boitard (1670 – c.1715) was a French Baroque artist. Biography Boitard was born in Toulouse. According to Houbraken he was a pupil of Raymond Lafage who later followed his style of making drawings and prints. He was able to attract a crowd in a tavern with his ingenious method of drawing a complicated version of the ''Pharaoh entering the Red Sea'' in two hours, from what appeared to be random scratches on a piece of paper. He copied this trick from Lafage, and Houbraken witnessed it himself in a tavern in London in 1709. According to the RKD he lived in Rome during the 1680s and is registered in London in 1709.François Boitard in the He drew many book illustrations and was the teacher of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Audran
The Audran family was a French family of engravers and painters, mainly active in Paris and Lyons. The first well-known member was Charles Audran (1594–1674). Charles Audran (1594–1674) Claude Audran the Elder (1597–1675) Claude Audran the Elder (1597 – 18 November 1675) was a French engraver. Audran the brother (or, as some say, the cousin) of Charles Audran, was born in Paris. After receiving some instruction from Charles, he moved to Lyons, where he died in 1677. It is uncertain whether or not he visited Rome. His engravings, which are signed either "Claude Audran", or "Cl. Audran", are executed in the manner of Cornelis Cort and F. Villamena. They are mostly portraits and allegories. He left three sons, Germain, Claude the younger, and Gérard. Germain Audran (1631–1710) Germain Audran, who was born and died at Lyons, was instructed by his uncle Charles Audran in the art of engraving in Paris. His merit was considerable, although very inferior to that o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Baptiste Dubos
Jean-Baptiste Dubos (; 14 December 1670 – 23 March 1742), also referred to as l'Abbé Du Bos, was a French author. He was also a diplomat and an art critic. Life Dubos was born in Beauvais. He was educated in Paris and received a Master of Arts in 1688 and a Bachelor of Theology in 1692. After studying theology, he gave it up in favour of public law and politics. He was employed by M. de Torcy, minister of foreign affairs, and by the regent and Cardinal Dubois in several secret missions. He was rewarded with a pension and other advantages. Having obtained these, he retired from political life and devoted himself to history and literature. During his travels as French envoy, he cultivated connections with contemporary prominent thinkers. These included Pierre Bayle, Jean Chardin, and John Locke, who he became close friends with. Dubos gained such distinction as an author that in 1720 he was elected a member of the Académie française, and, in 1723, was appointed to the positio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1761 In Art
Events from the year 1761 in art. Events * May 9 – Society of Artists of Great Britain's Exhibition of 1761 opens in Spring Gardens, London. Exhibitors include Thomas Gainsborough, Gainsborough, William Hogarth, Hogarth and Joseph Nollekens, Nollekens, and George Stubbs, Stubbs shows a painting for the first time (''A Stallion Called Romulus''). * Salon of 1761 is held at the Louvre in Paris * Scotland, Scottish-born artist Allan Ramsay (artist), Allan Ramsay appointed to succeed John Shackelton as Principal Painter in Ordinary to George III of Great Britain. Works * François-Hubert Drouais – ''The children of the comte de Bethune playing the guitar'' * Thomas Gainsborough – Portrait of Susannah "Suky" Trevelyan * William Hogarth – ''Five Orders of Periwigs, The Five Orders of Perriwigs as they were Worn at the Late Coronation Measured Architectonically'' (Satire, satirical engraving) * Anton Raphael Mengs ** ''Parnassus'' (ceiling fresco for Villa Albani, Rome) ** Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Galloche
Louis Galloche (24 August 1670 – 21 July 1761) was a French painter. A student of Louis de Boullogne, his own students included François Lemoyne, Charles-Joseph Natoire and François Boucher. Life He was born in Paris, the son of Charles Galloche and Jeanne Martinet. He studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. Originally destined for the church, he soon found he had no vocation and began to study for the civil service. He joined a notary's office, in accordance with his father's wishes, but he didn't stay long. His father finally recognized his taste for painting and offered him a drawing master, who turned out to be a drinker: Galloche left him after six months. Galloche entered the studio of Louis de Boullogne, first painter to the King, as an apprentice. At the age of 20, the young man set about making up for lost time, so that in just four years, study and diligence enabled him to acquire the skills needed to win first prize in painting in 1695 for a large composition ... [...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] |
James FitzJames, 1st Duke Of Berwick
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick (21 August 1670 – 12 June 1734) was a French Royal Army officer and nobleman who was the eldest illegitimate son of James II of England by Arabella Churchill (royal mistress), Arabella Churchill, the sister of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. Born and raised in France, Berwick was a senior Jacobitism, Jacobite commander in his father's army during the Williamite War in Ireland. He subsequently became a successful general in the service of Louis XIV and in 1706 he was made a Marshal of France. Berwick was honored with noble titles from the kings of both France and Spain, in addition to his English ducal title which was attainted in 1695. He was decapitated by a cannonball during the Siege of Philippsburg (1734), Siege of Philippsburg in 1734. Early life FitzJames was born at Moulins, Allier, Moulins in Kingdom of France, France before his father's accession to the throne, and was brought up in France as a Catholic. He was t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedetto Gennari - James, Duke Of Berwick - Alba Collection
Benedetto is a common Italian name, the equivalent of the English name Benedict. Notable people named Benedetto include: People with the given name * Benedetto Accolti (other), several people * Benedetto Aloi (1935–2011), American mobster * Benedetto Antelami (c. 1150–c. 1230), Italian architect and sculptor * Benedetto Bonfigli (c. 1420–c. 1490), Italian painter * Benedetto Bordone (1460–1531), Italian manuscript editor, miniaturist and cartographer * Benedetto Brin (1833–1898), Italian naval administrator and politician * Benedetto Cairoli (1825–1889), Italian statesman * Benedetto Castelli (1578–1643), Italian mathematician * Benedetto Cotrugli (1416–1469), Ragusan merchant, economist, scientist, diplomat and humanist * Benedetto Croce (1866–1952), Italian philosopher and politician * Benedetto da Maiano (1442–1497), Italian sculptor * Benedetto Della Vedova (born 1962), Italian politician * Benedetto Dei (1417–1492), Italian poet and hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
