Historical figures in Bordeaux
The atlas holds 16 people and 29 moments here, from 496 to 1940. The most recorded lives are Francisco Goya, Montesquieu and Michel de Montaigne. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution.
Notable people
Adam Smith
in 1764
1 moment here
Scottish moral philosopher and political economist of the Scottish Enlightenment, author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the…
Charlemagne
from 761 to 769
2 moments here
Frankish king, Lombard king, and Carolingian emperor who ruled from 768 to 814. His itinerant court moved across Francia, Saxony, Italy, Bavaria, the…
Charles Baudelaire
from 1841 to 1842
2 moments here
French poet, essayist, translator, and art critic, best known for Les Fleurs du mal. Baudelaire lived chiefly in Paris, spent formative school years…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1940
1 moment here
French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Clovis I
from 496 to 507
2 moments here
Clovis I was king of the Salian Franks from 481 and the first Frankish king to unite much of the Frankish peoples under one ruler.…
Émile Zola
in 1870
1 moment here
French novelist, journalist, and leading naturalist writer. Born in Paris, Zola spent formative years in Aix-en-Provence before returning to Paris;…
Francisco Goya
from 1824 to 1828
5 moments here
Spanish painter and printmaker Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was born at Fuendetodos, Aragon, and died at Bordeaux, France.…
Hans Christian Andersen
in 1863
1 moment here
Danish writer renowned for literary fairy tales including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen,” and “The Ugly…
Joséphine de Beauharnais
in 1808
1 moment here
Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, known as Joséphine, was Napoleon Bonaparte’s first wife and Empress of the French from 1804 until the…
Jules Verne
in 1858
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…
Marie Curie
in 1914
1 moment here
Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…
Michel de Montaigne
from 1539 to 1581
3 moments here
French Renaissance writer, magistrate, diplomat, and two-term mayor of Bordeaux, best known for the Essais.…
Montesquieu
from 1689 to 1731
4 moments here
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…
Saint-John Perse
in 1906
1 moment here
Saint-John Perse was the pen name of Alexis Léger, a French poet and diplomat. Born in Guadeloupe, he spent formative years in Pau and Bordeaux,…
Sarah Bernhardt
from 1915 to 1918
2 moments here
French stage and early film actress, born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in Paris. Bernhardt became an international theatrical star through performances…
Victor Hugo
in 1871
1 moment here
French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…
Moments
- 496 Siege of Bordeaux Clovis I
- 507 Winter at Bordeaux Clovis I
- 761 Campaigns with Pepin in Aquitaine Charlemagne
- 769 Completed the Aquitanian campaign Charlemagne
- 1539 Student at the College of Guienne Michel de Montaigne
- 1557 Councillor of the Bordeaux Parlement Michel de Montaigne
- 1581 Mayor of Bordeaux Michel de Montaigne
- 1689 Birth at Château de la Brède Montesquieu
- 1705 Legal studies in Bordeaux Montesquieu
- 1714 Counselor at the Bordeaux Parlement Montesquieu
- 1731 Retreat to La Brède after the grand tour Montesquieu
- 1764 Excursion to Bordeaux Adam Smith
- 1808 Visit to Bordeaux Palace Joséphine de Beauharnais
- 1824 Arrival in Bordeaux Francisco Goya
- 1824 Bordeaux household on Cours de Tourny Francisco Goya
- 1825 Residence on Chemin de la Croix-Blanche Francisco Goya
- 1826 Return to Bordeaux after retirement Francisco Goya
- 1828 Death in Bordeaux Francisco Goya
- 1841 Departure on the Paquebot des mers du Sud Charles Baudelaire
- 1842 Return to Bordeaux Charles Baudelaire
- 1858 Departure voyage from Bordeaux Jules Verne
- 1863 Stays in Bordeaux Hans Christian Andersen
- 1870 Government-delegation employment in Bordeaux Émile Zola
- 1871 Follows the Assembly to Bordeaux Victor Hugo
- 1906 Studies in Bordeaux Saint-John Perse
- 1914 Carries France's radium to Bordeaux Marie Curie
- 1915 Leg amputation in Bordeaux Sarah Bernhardt
- 1918 Armistice-day landing at Bordeaux Sarah Bernhardt
- 1940 Mission from Bordeaux Charles de Gaulle