Historical figures in Rennes
The atlas holds 7 people and 7 moments here, from 1622 to 1940. The most recorded lives are René Descartes, Charles de Gaulle and Jules Verne. Among them Writers, Mathematicians and Military Leaders, across the Age of Exploration and the Industrial Revolution.
Notable people
Charles de Gaulle
in 1940
1 moment 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…
George Eliot
in 1865
1 moment here
Mary Ann Evans, known by the pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, translator, journalist, and poet.…
Gustave Flaubert
in 1846
1 moment here
French novelist and major exponent of literary realism, best known for Madame Bovary, Salammbô, Sentimental Education, Three Tales, and his extensive…
Heinrich Heine
in 1837
1 moment here
German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…
Jules Verne
in 1846
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, and poet whose documented life included residences and work in Nantes, Paris, Amiens, Auteuil, and Le Crotoy, together…
Octave Mirbeau
in 1899
1 moment here
French novelist, playwright, journalist, pamphleteer, and art critic. Mirbeau’s documented life moved between Normandy, Paris, Brittany, the French…
René Descartes
in 1622
1 moment here
French philosopher, mathematician, and natural philosopher whose methodic doubt, mind-body distinction, analytic techniques, and mechanical account…
Moments
- 1622 Returns to his father's home at Rennes René Descartes
- 1837 Stay in Rennes Heinrich Heine
- 1846 Journey through Brittany with Maxime Du Camp Gustave Flaubert
- 1846 Baccalauréat examination Jules Verne
- 1865 Return from Normandy and Brittany George Eliot
- 1899 Presence during the Rennes retrial Octave Mirbeau
- 1940 Meeting on the Breton redoubt Charles de Gaulle