Geneva in the Industrial Revolution

The atlas holds 8 people and 12 moments here, from 1761 to 1833. The most recorded lives are Joséphine de Beauharnais, Lord Byron and Honoré de Balzac.

Notable people

  1. Adam Smith

    in 1765

    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…

  2. Hans Christian Andersen

    in 1833

    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…

  3. Honoré de Balzac

    from 1832 to 1833

    2 moments here

    French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…

  4. Joséphine de Beauharnais

    from 1810 to 1812

    3 moments 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…

  5. Lord Byron

    in 1816

    2 moments here

    George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788–1824), was a British poet, peer, and political speaker.…

  6. Michael Faraday

    in 1814

    1 moment here

    English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…

  7. Voltaire

    in 1761

    1 moment here

    François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…

  8. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    in 1766

    1 moment here

    Austrian composer and performer of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart toured Europe as a child prodigy, made three formative journeys to…

Moments

  1. 1761 Settles at Château de Voltaire Voltaire
  2. 1765 Departure from Geneva for Paris Adam Smith
  3. 1766 Arrives in Geneva Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  4. 1810 Stay at Sécheron near Geneva Joséphine de Beauharnais
  5. 1810 Return to Sécheron and acquisition at Pregny Joséphine de Beauharnais
  6. 1812 Stay at Château de Pregny-la-Tour Joséphine de Beauharnais
  7. 1814 Writing from Geneva Michael Faraday
  8. 1816 Residence at Villa Diodati Lord Byron
  9. 1816 Visits to Coppet Lord Byron
  10. 1832 Geneva visit after Castries journey Honoré de Balzac
  11. 1833 Geneva winter with Hańska Honoré de Balzac
  12. 1833 Arrives in Geneva Hans Christian Andersen

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