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Marguerite Georges

Bayeux, 23 Feb 1787 – rue du Ranelagh, 11 Jan 1867

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Facts and their sources

  • Born23 Feb 1787, Bayeuxnot verified1 source
  • TitleSociétaire of the Comédie-Française, 1804–1817not verified1 source
  • Died11 Jan 1867, rue du Ranelaghnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 23 Feb 1787

    Born in Bayeux

  2. 1804–1817

    Sociétaire of the Comédie-Française

  3. 19 Mar 1814

    A daughter is born

  4. 11 Jan 1867

    Dies in rue du Ranelagh, aged 79

Family

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During her lifetime

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

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The 1780s · Marguerite is born in Bayeux

In the news1783

First human flight in 1783

King Louis XVI hosted the first successful human flight in a hot-air balloon at Versailles, lasting 25 minutes on November 21, 1783.

What people wore

Sans-culottes wore trousers as a badge of honor

During the French Revolution, working-class men known as sans-culottes distinguished themselves by wearing long trousers instead of the tight knee breeches worn by the nobility.

Daily life

Simple peasant housing

Most peasant homes were single-room structures built of mud with thatched roofs, lacking ceilings and window glass.

In the news1789

Storming of the Bastille in 1789

On July 14, 1789, Parisian citizens stormed the Bastille prison, a pivotal event that signaled the start of the French Revolution and the collapse of royal authority.

Music

Wind instruments dominated outdoor civic festivals

Wind instruments, especially the bassoon-serpent, were highly prized for outdoor festivities and civic celebrations because they were loud enough to be heard by large crowds. During the Revolution, the government promoted powerful patriotic hymns like La Marseillaise, often played by wind ensembles to help mobilize and unify citizens.

In Europe1772–1795

Poland is partitioned

Russia, Prussia and Austria divided Poland among themselves in three steps until, in 1795, it vanished from the map for 123 years.

Getting around

Dangerous conditions on poorly maintained roads

Travelers in carriages sometimes had to pay local peasants to walk alongside and support the carriage to prevent it from tipping over on flooded or muddy roads. In severe weather, travelers were occasionally forced to wait for days in miserable inns until conditions improved.