Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu , cardinal, duke and peer of France, minister of Louis XIII. Born in Paris on September 9, 1585, he died on December 4, 1642. He entered politics and became secretary of state in 1616 then cardinal in 1622 and principal minister of Louis XIII in 1624. He remained
Isaac de Portau dit Porthos is a French soldier born in Pau on February 2, 1617 and died on an unknown date. He inspired Alexandre Dumas with the fictional character of Porthos in the novel The Three Musketeers. He comes from a Protestant family from Béarn, originally from Audaux (Pyrénées-Atlantiq
Peter I (Pyotr Alekseyevich Romanov, in Russian), better known as the name of Peter the Great (Piotr Veliki, in Russian) was born on June 9 (May 30), 1672 in Moscow and died on February 8 (January 28), 1725 in Saint Petersburg. Son of Alexis I (1629-1676) and Natalia Narychkina (1651-1694), he was T
Pierre Corneille (Rouen, June 6, 1606 - Paris, October 1, 1684) was a French playwright of the 17th century. His most famous plays are Le Cid, Cinna, Polyeucte and Horace. The richness and diversity of his work reflect the values and major questions of his time. The eldest of the six children o
Philip IV (Valladolid, April 8, 1605 - Madrid, September 17, 1665 ), known as the Great or the king-Planet, king of the Spains and the Indies after the death of his father Philip III of Spain, from March 31, 1621 to his death. He also bore the titles of King of the Two Sicilies, King of Portugal, So
Philippe dOrléans, grandson of France, Duke of Chartres, Duke of Orléans (1701), Duke of Valois, Duke of Nemours and Duke of Montpensier, Regent of the Kingdom of France during the minority of Louis XV, known as the Regent , was born on August 2, 1674 in Saint-Cloud and died on December 2, 1723 in V
Oliver Cromwell (born in Huntingdon, April 25, 15991 – died in London, 3 September 1658) was an English soldier and politician, remembered for having taken part in the establishment of a republican Commonwealth in England (as well as in Ireland and Scotland), then for having become one the Lord Prot
Poussin, Venus and Adonis, 1626 Nicolas Poussin is a French painter (17th century) born in 1594 (June 15) and died in 1665 (November 19). Great painter of classicism (artistic movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries which essentially leads to meditation), painter of history, religious
Nicolas Fouquet or Foucquet, born in Paris, baptized on January 27, 1615, died in Pignerol on April 3, 1680, Viscount of Melun and Vaux, Marquis of Belle-Isle was a French statesman. General prosecutor of the Parliament of Paris, all-powerful superintendent of finances of Louis XIV, protector of wri
The musketeer was once an infantryman armed with a musket. The musketeers in the history of France The body of musketeers of the military household of the King of France was created in 1622 when King Louis XIII provided muskets (infantry weapon) to a company of light horses of the Guard also called
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known as Molière, baptized on January 15, 1622 and died on February 17, 1673, was a French playwright and actor. Considered the boss of the Comédie-Française, he is still its most performed author. Ruthless for the pedantry of false scholars, the lies of ignorant doctors, th
Youth and first cases with the law Legitimate daughter born between 1602 or 1603 in Boëge, Michée Chauderon has lived in the Republic of Geneva since 1620. Single, she works as a servant. She is also a healer, both known and feared, because she has the recipe for a soup that purifies embodied evil
POMPADOUR (Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Dame Le Normant d’Étioles, Marquise de) (Paris, 1721 - Versailles, 1764.) Favorite of Louis XV. His father, François Poisson, had started out as a driver in the food service. Noticed by the Pâris brothers, he had rendered great services in Provence, at the time
(Françoise Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise de)(Lussac-les-Châteaux, 1640 - Bourbon-lArchambault, 1707.) Favorite of Louis XIV. Daughter of Gabriel de Rochechouart, Prince of Tonnay-Cnarente, Duke of Mortemart. She is called, at Court, Mademoiselle de Tonnay-Charente. Blonde beauty i
MAINTENON (Françoise dAubigné, Marquise de)(Niort, 1635 - Saint-Cyr, 1719.) Granddaughter of Agrippa dAubigné, she was educated in Calvinism by an aunt , then spent several years in the West Indies with her father.Returning to France on the latters death, Françoise dAubigné was brought up by a Catho
Marie de Médicis, born April 26, 1573 in Florence, died July 3, 1642 in Cologne, Queen of France from 1600 to 1610, Queen Mother until her death in 1642. Marie is the sixth child of Francis I de Medici (1541-1587), Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Jeanne (1548-1578), Archduchess of Austria, daughter of F
Birth February 15, 1710Château de VersaillesDeath May 10, 1774 Title King of France(1715 - 1774) Coronation October 25, 1722in Reims Cathedral Predecessor of Louis XIVSuccessor of Louis XVICSon of Louis, Duke of Burgundy and ofMarie-Adélaïde of SavoySpouse Marie LeszczyńskaChildren Louise Élisabe
Birth September 27, 1601FontainebleauDeath May 14, 1643Saint-Germain-en-LayeCountry Title King of France and Navarre(1610 - 1643) Predecessor of Henri IVSuccessor of Louis XIV Son of Henri IVand ofMarie de MédicisSpouse Anne of Austria Louis XIV childrenPhilippe dOrléansMistresses Marie de Haute
Louis Mandrin Louis Mandrin Birth February 11, 1725Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-GeoirsDeath May 26, 1755 (aged 30)Valence Nationality France FrenchProfession(s) brigand Louis Mandrin, born February 11, 1725 in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs and died May 26, 1755 in Valence, was a famous Dauphiné brigand
Richelieu being threatened with death, in particular by Gaston of France, Louis XIII ordered him to create personal guards who gradually became a body of musketeers for his service. He preferred to have his own guard in the colors of the Church, i.e. red. The kings musketeers depended on the captain
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) was a military man, politician, and president of the United States from 1961 to 1963. His rule took place in the middle of the Cold War and was marked by the construction of the Berlin Wall, the Missile Crisis, the Space Race, the Vietnam War and the American Ci
During World War I the Germans used airships for military purposes. The famous Zeppelins were used mainly for exploration and naval attack missions, and the British and Americans would also use them extensively throughout the conflict. In the following years it continued its development, dedicated
The D-Day its how June 6, 1944 went down in history. On that day, the troops a liads landed in Normandy , northern coast of France, and began the attack against the Nazi Germans who had occupied French territory since 1940. The successful landing in Normandy was decisive for the Allied to win World
Abraham Lincoln he was the 16th president of the United States, taking office in 1861. His government was marked by the American Civil War, a conflict between the northern and southern states of the United States over the issue of the expansion of slavery. He proclaimed the abolition of slave labor