Marshal of the Empire Michel Ney, 1st Duke of Elchingen, 1st Prince of the Moskva, was a French soldier and military commander who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of the Empire created by Napoleon. Take a look below for 28 more fun…
20 Awesome And Interesting Facts About Pierre-Antoine Berryer
Pierre-Antoine Berryer was a French advocate and parliamentary orator. He was the twelfth member elected to occupy Seat Four of the Academie francaise in 1852. Take a look below for 20 more awesome and interesting facts about Pierre-Antoine Berryer. 1. Berryer was born in Paris, the son of an eminent advocate and counselor to the…
22 Fun And Interesting Facts About Eugene Rouher
Eugene Rouher was a French statesman of the Second Empire. He was born at Riom, where he practiced law after taking his degree in Paris in 1835. Take a look below for 22 more fun and interesting facts about Eugene Rouher. 1. In 1846, he sought election to the Chamber of Deputies as an official…
27 Awesome And Interesting Facts About Emile Ollivier
Olivier Emile Ollivier was a French statesman. Starting as an avid republican opposed to Emperor Napoleon III, he pushed the Emperor toward liberal reforms and in turn came increasingly into Napoleon’s grip. He entered the cabinet and was the prime minister when Napoleon fell. Take a look below for 27 more awesome and interesting facts…
25 Awesome And Fascinating Facts About Leon Gambetta
Leon Gambetta was a French statesman, prominent during and after the Franco-Prussian War. Take a look below for 25 more awesome and fascinating facts about Leon Gambetta. 1. Born at Cahors, Gambetta is said to have inherited his vigor and eloquence from his father, a Genoese grocer who had married a French woman named Massabie….
30 Awesome And Interesting Facts About Adolphe Thiers
Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French statesman and historian. He was the second elected President of France, and the first President of the French Third Republic. Thiers was a key figure in the July Revolution of 1830, which overthrew the Bourbon monarchy, and the French Revolution of 1848, which established the Second French…
26 Fascinating And Interesting Facts About Jules Ferry
Jules Francois Camille Ferry was a French statesman and republican. He was a promoter of laicism and colonial expansion. Take a look below for 26 more fascinating and interesting facts about Jules Ferry. 1. Born in Saint-Die, in Vosges department, France, he studied law, and was called to the bar at Paris in 1854, but…
30 Awesome And Fascinating Facts About Georges-Eugene Haussmann
Georges-Eugene Haussmann, commonly known as Baron Haussmann, was a prefect of the Seine Department of France chosen by Emperor Napoleon III to carry out a massive urban renewal program of new boulevards, parks and public works in Paris commonly referred to as Haussmann’s renovation of Paris. Critics forced his resignation for extravagance, but his vision…
40 Awesome And Interesting Facts About Napoleon III
Napoleon III, the nephew of Napoleon I, was the first President of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last French monarch from 1852 to 1870. First elected president of the French Second Republic in 1848, he seized power in 1851, when he could not constitutionally be re-elected, and became the Emperor of the French….
30 Fascinating And Interesting Facts About Baron Pierre De Coubertin
Charles Pierre de Fredy was a French educator and historian, founder of the International Olympic Committee, and its second President. He is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games. Take a look below for 30 more fascinating and interesting facts about Baron Pierre De Coubertin. 1. Pierre was born in Paris on January…