Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from August 1765 and sole ruler of the Habsburg lands from November 1780 until his death. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I, and the brother of Marie Antoinette
Date:1765
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French officer named by Napoleon “first grenadier of France”. He was also a celtomaniac antiquarian who introduced the words “dolmen” and “menhir” into general archaeological usage
Artist: Geille
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Adam de Craponne was a French engineer he built the channel bearing his name.
Artist: Dequevawller
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Anne Claude de Tubières-Grimoard de Pestels de Lévis, comte de Caylus, marquis d’Esternay, baron de Bransac, French antiquarian, proto-archaeologist and man of letters, was born in Paris. He was the eldest son of Lieutenant-General Anne de Tubières, comte de Caylus.
Artist: E.Conquy
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Italian jurist
Artist: Nargeol
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French lawyer
Subject gender: Male
Artist: Ch. Bowier
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Jean Rotrou was a French poet and tragedian.
Artist: Durupt
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French carpenter, cabinetmaker and author. Roubo was born and died in Paris, and was the son and grandson of master cabinetmakers.
Artist: Dequevauifler
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Nicolas Roze was a French composer and musicologist
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Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, often called simply Lapérouse, was a French naval officer and explorer. Having enlisted at the age of 15, he had a successful naval career and in 1785 was appointed to lead a scientific expedition around the world.
Artist: Pigeol
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