Political Leaders in Paris
The atlas holds 39 people and 110 moments here, from 1377 to 2015. The most recorded lives are Victor Hugo, Montesquieu and Karl Marx.
Notable people
Adolf Hitler
in 1940
1 moment here
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…
Benjamin Franklin
from 1767 to 1784
6 moments here
American printer, scientist, civic leader, colonial agent, revolutionary statesman, and diplomat.…
Charles de Gaulle
from 1922 to 1962
6 moments 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…
Dwight D. Eisenhower
from 1928 to 1950
2 moments here
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a United States Army officer, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, and the 34th president of the United…
Francis Bacon
in 1576
1 moment here
English philosopher, lawyer, statesman, Attorney General, and Lord Chancellor under James I.…
Friedrich Engels
from 1844 to 1846
2 moments here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
Gabriela Mistral
from 1928 to 1937
3 moments here
Chilean poet, educator, journalist, and diplomat born Lucila Godoy Alcayaga. Mistral taught across Chile, worked on Mexican educational reform,…
Geoffrey Chaucer
in 1377
1 moment here
English poet, courtier, diplomat, and civil servant, best known for The Canterbury Tales. His documented career included military service in France,…
Giuseppe Verdi
from 1847 to 1875
6 moments here
Italian composer whose career transformed nineteenth-century opera. Born near Busseto, Verdi studied and worked in Busseto and Milan, then traveled…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
from 1672 to 1676
3 moments here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Helen Keller
from 1931 to 1952
2 moments here
Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…
Ho Chi Minh
from 1919 to 1946
3 moments here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Hugo Chávez
in 2002
1 moment here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Indira Gandhi
in 1966
1 moment here
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1948
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
John Adams
in 1783
1 moment here
American lawyer, revolutionary leader, diplomat, first vice president of the United States, and second U.S. president.…
John F. Kennedy
from 1951 to 1961
2 moments here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
John Locke
from 1675 to 1678
4 moments here
English philosopher, physician, and political writer. Locke was born in Somerset, educated in London and Oxford, served Lord Shaftesbury in London,…
Karl Marx
from 1843 to 1882
7 moments here
German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Kofi Annan
from 1998 to 2006
2 moments here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Louis XIV
from 1638 to 1674
3 moments here
Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 1638–1715), king of France from 1643, was the Bourbon monarch known as the Sun King.…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1931
1 moment here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1959
1 moment here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Mikhail Gorbachev
from 1976 to 1985
3 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Moments
- 1377 Peace mission to Paris Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1576 Diplomatic journey to Paris Francis Bacon
- 1622 Medici-cycle negotiations in Paris Peter Paul Rubens
- 1629 Tutor in Paris Thomas Hobbes
- 1638 Birth at Saint-Germain-en-Laye Louis XIV
- 1640 Exile in Paris Thomas Hobbes
- 1647 Mathematical instructor to the Prince of Wales Thomas Hobbes
- 1651 Fronde crisis in Paris Louis XIV
- 1672 Departs for Paris Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1673 Returns to Paris from London Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1674 Retreat to Saint-Germain-en-Laye Louis XIV
- 1675 Arrival in Paris on French journey John Locke
- 1676 Leaves Paris for Hanover service Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1677 Arrival in Paris as tutor John Locke
- 1678 Departure from Paris toward Rome John Locke
- 1678 Return to Paris after abandoned Rome journey John Locke
- 1709 Scholarly residence in Paris Montesquieu
- 1717 Diplomatic and scholarly visits in Paris Peter the Great
- 1726 Move to Paris after sale of office Montesquieu
- 1727 Letter from Paris Montesquieu
- 1728 Departure for Vienna Montesquieu
- 1734 Residence in Paris while preparing later work Montesquieu
- 1739 Letter from Paris to Niccolini Montesquieu
- 1754 Final visit to Paris Montesquieu
- 1755 Death in Paris Montesquieu
- 1767 Visit to Paris Benjamin Franklin
- 1776 American commissioner in Passy Benjamin Franklin
- 1778 Treaties with France Benjamin Franklin
- 1783 Hydrogen-balloon flight witness Benjamin Franklin
- 1783 Signed Treaty of Paris John Adams
- 1783 Manned balloon launch Benjamin Franklin
- 1784 Meeting with Mirabeau Benjamin Franklin
- 1784 Arrival as diplomat in Paris Thomas Jefferson
- 1789 Present in Paris during Bastille storming Thomas Jefferson
- 1799 Confronts legislators at Saint-Cloud Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1802 Travels to Paris Simón Bolívar
- 1804 Takes an apartment in Paris Simón Bolívar
- 1804 Crowned at Notre-Dame Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1806 Returns to Paris Simón Bolívar
- 1810 Marries Marie Louise at the Louvre Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1815 Re-enters Paris Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1815 Retires to Malmaison Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1827 Hosts the Romantic Cénacle Victor Hugo
- 1830 Moves to rue Jean-Goujon Victor Hugo
- 1832 Settles at Place Royale Victor Hugo
- 1843 Establishes a Paris household Karl Marx
- 1844 Second meeting with Marx Friedrich Engels
- 1844 Meets Engels at Café de la Régence Karl Marx
- 1846 Paris communist organizing Friedrich Engels
- 1847 Paris base Giuseppe Verdi