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Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was a French impressionist painter. Capable of painting in many different styles, even in the same painting, Renoir was certainly prolific, creating over 6,000 paintings in a long career. He had a preference...
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Jean Lafitte
Jean Lafitte (also spelt Laffite, c. 1780 to c. 1820 CE) was a Franco-American leader of pirates and privateers who captured merchant vessels of various states in the Gulf of Mexico from 1810 to 1820. Lafitte proved an invaluable ally for...
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a Swiss philosopher whose work both praised and criticised the Enlightenment movement. Although a believer in the power of reason, science, and the arts, Rousseau was convinced that a flourishing culture...
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Chauvet Cave
The Chauvet Cave (also known as the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave) is a Palaeolithic cave situated near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc in the Ardèche region of southern France that houses impeccably preserved, exquisite examples of prehistoric art. Now...
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Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) was a Finnish composer famous for his symphonies, the symphonic poem Finlandia, and the Karelia Suite. Although Sibelius inspired a music revival in his native country, became a figurehead for the Finnish nationalist...
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Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville
Portrait of French revolutionary leader Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville (1754-1793), painting by Jean-Baptiste Fouquet, c. 1792.
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Jacques-Pierre Brissot
Jacques-Pierre Brissot de Warville (1754-1793) was a French journalist, abolitionist, and politician who played a prominent role in the French Revolution (1789-1799). A leader of the Girondins, a moderate political faction, Brissot was instrumental...
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Stone of Scone
The Stone of Scone (Gaelic: Lia Fail), also known as the Stone of Destiny or Coronation Stone, is a block of sandstone associated with the coronation ceremonies of the medieval monarchs of Scotland. These ceremonies were held at Scone, a...
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Pierre Vergniaud
Portrait of Pierre Vergniaud (1753-1793), supporter of Jacques-Pierre Brissot and one of the leaders of the Girondins during the French Revolution (1789-99). Painting by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, 1792.
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Coup of 18 Fructidor
French soldiers under General Pierre Augereau, sent by Napoleon Bonaparte, surround the legislative chambers and arrest General Jean-Charles Pichegru in the Coup of 18 Fructidor Year V (4 September 1797). Engraving by Pierre Gabriel Berthault...