Historical figures in Nohant-Vic

The atlas holds 6 people and 16 moments here, from 1808 to 1944. The most recorded lives are George Sand, Marie Curie and Frédéric Chopin. Among them Educators, Musicians and Composers and Writers, across the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment.

Notable people

1. Frédéric Chopin

   in 1839

   1 moment here

   Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period. Born in Żelazowa Wola, he grew up and trained in Warsaw, travelled through Central…

2. George Sand

   from 1808 to 1876

   11 moments here

   French novelist, memoirist, journalist, and political writer born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin.…

3. Honoré de Balzac

   in 1838

   1 moment here

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

4. Marguerite Duras

   in 1922

   1 moment here

   French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker, born Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu.…

5. Marie Curie

   in 1895

   1 moment here

   Polish-born, naturalized-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity. With Pierre Curie she discovered polonium and radium.…

6. Marlene Dietrich

   in 1944

   1 moment here

   German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…

Moments

1. 1808 Childhood at Nohant begins George Sand
2. 1820 Return to Nohant George Sand
3. 1822 Newly married at Nohant George Sand
4. 1826 Return to Nohant estate management George Sand
5. 1828 Birth of Solange Dudevant George Sand
6. 1838 Visit with George Sand Honoré de Balzac
7. 1839 First summer at Nohant Frédéric Chopin
8. 1839 Return to Nohant with Chopin George Sand
9. 1841 Summer residence at Nohant with Chopin George Sand
10. 1846 Commedia dell'arte performances at Nohant George Sand
11. 1848 Political retreat to Nohant George Sand
12. 1867 Increasingly resident at Nohant George Sand
13. 1876 Death at Nohant George Sand
14. 1895 Cycles through France on honeymoon Marie Curie
15. 1922 Family stay in France Marguerite Duras
16. 1944 USO performance in France Marlene Dietrich

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