Marie Madeleine Dreux dAubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers, born on July 2, 1630, made famous by the Poison Affair, was tried on July 16, 1676 and executed the next day for the crime of fratricide1 by poisoning. Brilliant years The marquise is the eldest of the five children of Antoine Dreux dAubray (
Jules Mazarin (in Italian:Giulio Mazarino), (1602-1661), better known as Cardinal Mazarin was a skilled diplomat and politician, first in the service of the Papacy, then of the kings of France. He succeeded Richelieu. Its origins Cardinal Mazarin, Giulio Mazarino, was born on July 14, 1602 in Pesc
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (born June 28, 1712 and died July 2, 1778) was a French-speaking writer and philosopher from Geneva. He was one of the most illustrious philosophers of the Enlightenment and greatly influenced the French revolutionary spirit. He is particularly famous for his work on society an
A man of Mazarin, Jean-Baptiste Colbert (August 29, 1619, Reims - September 6, 1683, Paris) entered the service of King Louis XIV of France on the death of his protector. Denouncing his financial practices, he contributes to Fouquets disgrace and takes his place. A remarkable manager, he developed t
Jean de La Fontaine, born July 8, 1621 in Château-Thierry and died April 13, 1695 in Paris, was a French poet, moralist, playwright, librettist and novelist. Formative years (1641-1658) We have very little information about La Fontaines formative years. We know that he studied at the Collège de Châ
David, The Sabines, 1799 Jacques-Louis David is a French history painter claiming the heritage of his predecessor Nicolas Poussin. Member of the Academy of Fine Arts, Jacques-Louis David was born on August 30, 1748. He became a renowned painter at the age of thirty-seven with his work Le Serment d
GRIBEAUVAL (Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de) (Amiens, 171.5 - Paris, 1789.) Master gunner. Enlisted in the Royal Artillery Regiment in1735, this officer specialized in ballistic research and carried out comparative studies on the organization and firepower of various European armies.His report concerning
Born in Brooksby in 1592 - Died in Portsmouth in 1628. English politician. His beauty, in truth, exceeded the common, writes of him Philippe Erlanger. Thanks to her, thanks also to some political skill, Steenie, as the future Duke of Buckingham was nicknamed, won the favor of King James I of Engla
Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel Ribera y Velasco de Tovar, Count of Olivares and Duke of Sanlucar la Mayor was an important Spanish royal minister and favourite, born in Rome on January 6, 1587 and died on July 22, 1645 in Toro, near Zamora. His name is often shortened to Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel and
Elizabeth I (born September 7, 1533, Placentia Palace, London - died March 24, 1603, Richmond Palace, London) was Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 until her death. Elizabeth was the daughter of King Henry VIII of England but her mother Anne Boleyn was executed three years after her birth and
LA VALLIÈRE (Louise de La Baume Le Blanc, Duchess of)(Tours, 1644 - Paris, 1710.) First official favorite of Louis XIV. Maid of honor to Henriette of England, sister-in-law of Louis XIV, seduced by the king, she quickly became his mistress thanks to the complicity of the Count of Saint-Aignan (1661)
Portrait of the Count of Tréville by Le Nain Jean-Arnaud du Peyrer, Count of Tréville (or Troisville), was a French officer born in Oloron-Sainte-Marie in 1598 and died on May 8, 1672 in Trois-Villes, one of the characters in the novel by Alexandre Dumas :The Three Musketeers. Born in Oloron, Pl
From his real name Charles de Batz-Castelmore, dArtagnan was a French warrior born between 1611 and 1615 at the Château de Castelmore, near Lupiac, in Gascony (in the current department of Gers) and died at the siege of Maastricht on June 25, 1673. His protectors When the young Charles de Batz left
(Paris, 1621 - Fontainebleau, 1686.) Fourth Prince of Condé. Duke of Enghien until the death of his father, Henri II de Condé. One of the greatest warriors in our history. After being initiated into the administration of a province by assisting his father in the government of Burgundy, he distingui
Charles James Fox, born in London on January 24, 1749 and died in Chiswick on September 13, 1806, was a British statesman and one of the main political figures of the Whig Party whose parliamentary career spanned from the end of the 18th century century to the beginning of the 19th century. One of E
Born in 1599 - Died in Nantes in 1626. A 17th century gentleman, master of Louis XIIIs wardrobe, and his favourite. He leads a disorderly and inconsistent life. Lover of the Duchess of Chevreuse, he first conspired against Richelieu and the king but was forgiven, on the condition of pushing Gaston
Catherine 1re , from her birth name Marthe Hélène Skavronskaïa (born April 15, 1684 in Jakobstadt in Livonia and died May 17, 1727 in Saint Petersburg), was Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727. She married Emperor Peter the Great in 1707 . There is no reliable document on the origins of Catherin
Louis Dominique Cartouche Son of a wine merchant in the Courtille district of Paris, Cartouche, whose real name is Garthauzen (from his father of German origin), began some studies in a college, from which he was expelled. At the age of eleven, following a severe reprimand from his father, who doe
Athos, by his full name Armand de Sillègue dAthos dAutevielle, was a kings musketeer, born in 1615 in Béarn and died on December 21, 1645. He inspired Alexandre Dumas with the fictional character of Athos, or “Comte de la Fère” in the novel “The Three Musketeers. » Athos takes its name from the sma
Henry dAramitz or Aramis, born around 16201, is a lay abbot who inspired the fictional character of Aramis in Alexandre Dumas novel The Three Musketeers. Like Porthos, Aramis belongs to an illustrious family from Béarn. Unlike other Béarn musketeers, he is of noble military origin. His grandfather
Al-Qaeda is an Islamic fundamentalist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in 1988 and responsible for several terrorist attacks, such as 9/11 in the US. The Al-Qaeda , “the base” in Arabic, is an Islamic fundamentalist organization founded in 1988 by Osama b in Laden, with the initial objectiv
The only valuable German troop present in the region belonged to the XI Panzer Gespent (“Ghost” division) stationed in the Toulouse-Carcassonne-Albi triangle. But for General Walther Botsch (Chief of Staff of the XIX Army), the value of the Panzers was questionable. Like all the other armored units
Taking the theory of the natural evolution of species postulated by Charles Darwin out of context and adapting it to the eugenics of Nazi ideology, we have the justification for the creation of Lebensborn (Fountain of Life) in 1935. Lebensborn was a company created by Heinrich Himmler with the aim o
Homo erectus appeared about 1.8 million years ago in Africa, then moved to Asia and Europe. He succeeds Homo habilis who, as his name suggests, is skilled and masters the tools. The hominid race evolves little by little. The characteristic of Homo erectus is to be bipedal and above all to stand upri