Lyon in the Enlightenment
The atlas holds 4 people and 7 moments here, from 1740 to 1802. The most recorded lives are Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Joséphine de Beauharnais and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Notable people
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
from 1740 to 1770
3 moments here
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and a major figure of the European Enlightenment. Rousseau’s documented movements ranged across Geneva, Savoy,…
Joséphine de Beauharnais
from 1799 to 1802
2 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…
Voltaire
in 1754
1 moment here
François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, dramatist, and philosopher.…
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
- 1740 Tutor in Lyon Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1754 Meets Richelieu in Lyon Voltaire
- 1766 Performs in Lyon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- 1768 Passage through Lyon Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1770 Lyon residence and musical collaboration Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1799 Journey to Lyons to meet Napoleon Joséphine de Beauharnais
- 1802 Journey to Lyons for Italian Republic ceremonies Joséphine de Beauharnais