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18th-century French historians

  • VoltaireFrançois-Marie Arouet was born in Paris on the 21st of November 1694. He entered the world as the youngest child of a minor treasury official and a woman…
  • François CatrouFrançois Catrou arrived in Paris on the 28th of December 1659. His father Mathurin served as secretary to King Louis XIV during that era.