Notable Historical Figures and Events in France 5

On November 9, 1799 (foggy 18), Napoleon Bonaparte seized power, and on December 2, 1804, a grand coronation was held at Notre-Dame Cathedral, and Napoleon Bonaparte became Emperor of the First French Empire. On April 13, 1814, Napoleon signed the Edict of Abdication, and the First French Empire came to an end. On May 3 of the same year, the Count of Provence, who had been in exile in England, returned to the throne as King Louis XVIII of France.

In March 1815, Napoleon returned to Paris, rebuilt the empire, and established the Hundred Days Dynasty. In 1815, Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo and announced his abdication. Louis XVIII returned to Paris on 8 July to restore the Bourbon dynasty.

In July 1830, the July Revolution broke out in France and the July Dynasty was established. In February 1848, the "February Revolution of France" broke out, and the Second Republic was established. In 1851 Louis Bonaparte** staged a coup d'état, and in December of the following year the Second Empire was established.

In June 1944, the establishment of the provisional ** was proclaimed, with Charles de Gaulle as the head, and in 1946 the constitution was adopted, establishing the Fourth Republic. In September 1958, a new constitution was adopted, the Fifth Republic was established, and in December of the same year, Charles de Gaulle was elected.

Napoleon: On November 6, 1804, the referendum adopted the Constitution of the Republic of 12 years, the French Republic was changed to the French Empire, and Napoleon Bonaparte became the emperor of the French, called Napoleon I. In 1815, Napoleon led his army to fight at Waterloo against the anti-French coalition, and Napoleon was again defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

Famous French figures include Napoleon, Voltaire, Victor Hugo, etc.

1. Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (August 15, 1769 – May 5, 1821), also known as Napoleon I, was born in Corsica, a great French military strategist and statesman in the nineteenth century, and the founder of the First French Empire. He served as First Consul of the First French Republic (1799-1804) and Emperor of the First French Empire (1804-1815).

Napoleon was crowned emperor on December 2, 1804, turning the republic into an empire. During his reign, he was called "Emperor of the French" and was the second French emperor in history to enjoy this title since Charles III.

2. Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet (November 21, 1694 – May 30, 1778), pen name Voltaire, was an 18th-century French Enlightenment thinker, writer, and philosopher.

Voltaire was the leader of the French bourgeois Enlightenment in the eighteenth century, and was known as "the king of French thought", "the best poet of France", and "the conscience of Europe". Advocates an enlightened monarchy, emphasizing freedom and equality. His representative works include "Philosophical Correspondence", "The Age of Louis XIV", "The Honest Man", etc.

He died on May 30, 1778, at the age of 83.

3. Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo (February 26, 1802 - May 22, 1885), a representative writer of French positive romantic literature in the early 19th century, a representative of humanism, and an outstanding bourgeois democratic writer in the history of French literature, is known as the "Shakespeare of France". During his lifetime, he wrote many poems, screenplays, various essays, literary criticisms and political chapters, and had a wide influence in France and the world.

Hugo's creative journey spanned more than 60 years, and his works include 26 volumes of poetry, 20 volumes**, 12 volumes of plays, and 21 volumes of philosophical works, totaling 79 volumes. His representative works include the long ** "Notre Dame de Paris", "Ninety-three Years" and "Les Miserables", and the short ** "The Death of the "Normandy".

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I think he's definitely one. Lead France, with the help of the Allies, to liberation.

The most famous person in history is Napoleon, the most powerful monarch in French history who swept across the continent in his heyday.

Famous figures in France are: Joan of Arc, King Louis XIV, Voltaire, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon Bonaparte, Victor Hugo, Marie Curie, Alfred Dreyfus, Charles de Gaulle, Jean-Paul Sartre and many more.

The French Republic, abbreviated as France, is a semi-common dust oak country located in Western Europe, and its overseas territory includes South America and some parts of the South Pacific.

France is the third largest country in Europe and the largest country in Western Europe, bordering Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and Italy to the east and Spain, Andorra and Monaco to the south.

France is a highly developed capitalist country, one of the four largest economies in Europe, its citizens have a high standard of living and a good social security system, and is one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.

Famous French figures are: Joan of Arc, King Louis XIV, Voltaire, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon Bonaparte, Victor Hugo, Marie Curie, Alfred Dreyfus, Charles de Gaulle, Jean-Paul Sartre and many more.

Victorious Victor Hugo: A representative writer of positive romantic literature in France in the early 19th century, a representative of humanism and Taoism, known as the "Shakespeare of France".

Louis XIV: was the King of France and King of Navarre of the Bourbon dynasty. He reigned for 72 years, 3 months and 18 days, making him one of the longest-reigning monarchs.

Marie Curie: In 1911, she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry again for the discovery of the elements polonium and radium, thus becoming the first former nolburist in the world to win two Nobel Prizes.