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Roger de Dampierre

Tours, 9 May 1892 – Chaumont-sur-Tharonne, 15 Dec 1975

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Facts and their sources

  • Born9 May 1892, Toursnot verified1 source
  • MarriedVittoria Ruspolinot verified1 source
  • Died15 Dec 1975, Chaumont-sur-Tharonnenot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 9 May 1892

    Born in Tours

  2. 8 Nov 1913

    A daughter is born

  3. 15 Dec 1975

    Dies in Chaumont-sur-Tharonne, aged 83

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During his lifetime

He lived through 9 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Tours.

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The 1890s · Roger is born in Tours

In the news1895

Industrial workers equaled agricultural workers

By the mid-1890s, the number of industrial workers in the German Empire grew to match those in agriculture, marking a major demographic shift toward urbanization and factory labor.

Getting around

Steam trains replaced horse carriages

By 1891, a steam train began connecting Annemasse to the Giffre valley in three hours, replacing an old horse-drawn carriage that required seven hours to cover the same distance.

Around the world1893

Women vote in New Zealand

New Zealand became the first country where women could vote in national elections.

Daily life

Strict posture training devices

To encourage upright posture, children were sometimes forced to wear heavy wooden armatures shaped like a cross tied to their backs.

What people wore

Quimper workers kept festal clothes apart

In Quimper (Brittany), rural workers could keep their everyday work clothes separate from festival clothing, sometimes commissioned for weddings. This made clothing a visible marker of identity and social position.

Music

Violins, accordions, and brass were common instruments

Common instruments in rural settings included violins and accordions, while brass bands played wind and percussion instruments like drums, cymbals, and triangles.

At the table

Tax-free home distillation privileges

Between 1875 and 1914, French peasants had a legal privilege to distill part of their own wine, cider, or fruit harvest into spirits without paying any taxes or needing declarations.