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

  1. Montesquieu

    from 1709 to 1755

    8 moments here

    Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, was a French jurist, historian, and political philosopher.…

  2. Napoleon Bonaparte

    from 1799 to 1815

    5 moments here

    French military commander and statesman who rose during the French Revolution, became First Consul in 1799, and ruled as Emperor of the French in…

  3. Otto von Bismarck

    in 1862

    1 moment here

    Otto von Bismarck was a Prussian and German statesman, diplomat, and the first chancellor of the German Empire.…

  4. Peter Paul Rubens

    in 1622

    1 moment here

    Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…

  5. Peter the Great

    in 1717

    1 moment here

    Peter I of Russia, known as Peter the Great, was tsar from 1682 and emperor from 1721 until 1725.…

  6. Raisa Gorbacheva

    in 1985

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…

  7. Ronald Reagan

    from 1982 to 1989

    2 moments here

    American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

  8. Shinzo Abe

    from 2014 to 2015

    2 moments here

    Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…

  9. Simón Bolívar

    from 1802 to 1806

    3 moments here

    Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador. Bolívar led revolutionary campaigns that helped secure the independence of…

  10. Thomas Hobbes

    from 1629 to 1647

    3 moments here

    English philosopher and political theorist, best known for Leviathan (1651). Hobbes’s documented movements include study at Oxford, European travel…

  11. Thomas Jefferson

    from 1784 to 1789

    2 moments here

    Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…

  12. Victor Hugo

    from 1827 to 1885

    10 moments here

    French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…

  13. Vladimir Lenin

    from 1895 to 1911

    4 moments here

    Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…

  14. Winston Churchill

    from 1883 to 1958

    3 moments here

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

  15. Yuri Gagarin

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and to orbit Earth on Vostok 1 on 12 April…

Moments

  1. 1848 Arrives in revolutionary Paris Karl Marx
  2. 1849 Chairs the Paris Peace Congress Victor Hugo
  3. 1849 Returns to Paris after expulsion from Prussia Karl Marx
  4. 1849 Departure from Paris Giuseppe Verdi
  5. 1851 Paris visit with Strepponi Giuseppe Verdi
  6. 1862 Return via Paris Giuseppe Verdi
  7. 1862 Ambassadorial posting in Paris Otto von Bismarck
  8. 1866 Extended Paris stay for Don Carlos Giuseppe Verdi
  9. 1870 Returns triumphantly to Paris Victor Hugo
  10. 1875 Conducts Requiem in Paris Giuseppe Verdi
  11. 1878 Settles on Avenue d'Eylau Victor Hugo
  12. 1881 Receives Paris's public homage Victor Hugo
  13. 1881 Visits Jenny Longuet in Argenteuil Karl Marx
  14. 1882 Stays again in Argenteuil Karl Marx
  15. 1882 Takes daily treatments at Enghien Karl Marx
  16. 1883 Honored at the Hôtel Continental Victor Hugo
  17. 1883 Visits Paris with his father Winston Churchill
  18. 1885 Dies at Avenue Victor-Hugo Victor Hugo
  19. 1885 Buried in the Panthéon Victor Hugo
  20. 1895 Researched the Paris Commune Vladimir Lenin
  21. 1908 Moved the Bolshevik center to Paris Vladimir Lenin
  22. 1910 Lived on Rue Marie-Rose Vladimir Lenin
  23. 1911 Lectured at Longjumeau Vladimir Lenin
  24. 1919 Arrival in Paris Ho Chi Minh
  25. 1921 Residence on Compoint Lane Ho Chi Minh
  26. 1922 Studied at the École de Guerre Charles de Gaulle
  27. 1928 American Battle Monuments Commission office Dwight D. Eisenhower
  28. 1928 Work trip to Paris from Provence Gabriela Mistral
  29. 1931 Tour of France Helen Keller
  30. 1931 Leaves London and speaks in Paris Mahatma Gandhi
  31. 1936 Committee meeting in Paris Gabriela Mistral
  32. 1937 Colloquium of Arts and Letters Gabriela Mistral
  33. 1940 Tours Paris Adolf Hitler
  34. 1940 In Paris as brigadier-general Charles de Gaulle
  35. 1944 Liberation of Paris Charles de Gaulle
  36. 1944 Reception for Churchill in Paris Charles de Gaulle
  37. 1944 Armistice Day in liberated Paris Winston Churchill
  38. 1946 Paris hotel stay Ho Chi Minh
  39. 1948 United Nations General Assembly special session Jawaharlal Nehru
  40. 1950 NATO command residence Dwight D. Eisenhower
  41. 1951 Began a Europe-Asia fact-finding tour John F. Kennedy
  42. 1952 Speech at the Sorbonne Helen Keller
  43. 1958 Receives Order of Liberation in Paris Winston Churchill
  44. 1959 Visits Richard Wright in Paris Martin Luther King Jr.
  45. 1961 Talks with President Kennedy Charles de Gaulle
  46. 1961 Held Paris state visit John F. Kennedy
  47. 1962 Survived the Petit-Clamart ambush Charles de Gaulle
  48. 1965 Paris Air Show appearance Yuri Gagarin
  49. 1966 Paris stopover and Élysée meetings Indira Gandhi
  50. 1976 Visit to France Mikhail Gorbachev

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