(1742–1817), was a Dutch and French aristocrat and spy. She is known as the secret mistress of Louis XV of France in 1771. She was the king's Petite maîtresse...

and also as Astraea's Return, or The Halcyon Days of France in the Year 2440: A Dream) is a 1771 novel by Louis-Sébastien Mercier. It has been described...

terrible food shortage in 1769, the Besançon academy launched a competition in 1771 on the following theme: "Indicate the plants that could replace those commonly...

Politics of France President of France renamed from La République En Marche! in September 2022 List on the website of the French Prime Minister (in French)...

Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (24 June 1704 – 11 January 1771) was a French rationalist, author and critic of the Catholic Church, who was a close...

under the dome at Les Invalides. Napoleon was baptized in Ajaccio on 21 July 1771, and raised a Roman Catholic. He began to question his faith at age 13 while...

Salvetat (1748–1838), actress 1771: "demoiselle de Smith" 1771: Madame Bèche, wife of a musician of the royal chapel 1771: Françoise-Marie-Antoinette de...

Auguste; French: [lwi sɛːz]; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution...

Louis-Sébastien Mercier (6 June 1740 – 25 April 1814) was a French dramatist and writer, whose 1771 novel L'An 2440 is an example of proto-science fiction...

du Pont de Nemours (/djuːˈpɒnt, ˈdjuːpɒnt/; French: [dypɔ̃]; 24 June 1771 – 31 October 1834) was a French-American chemist and industrialist who founded...