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Philippe Antoine de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet

1723–1794

Born
1723
Country of birth
Kingdom of France, today France
Died
28 Apr 1794, Paris
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  • Birth1723Probable1 source
  • Death28 Apr 1794, ParisProbable1 source

A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Child born: Rene de La Tour du Pin, Marquis de la Charce

    Birth

  3. Died · Paris

    Death, Paris

What was it like?

The world around 1723: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

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.

During their lifetime

  1. 1738

    Introduction of road labor corvee

    In 1738, the crown introduced the corvee, a system of forced labor requiring peasants to build and maintain the royal roads.

  2. 1748

    Abolition of the royal galleys

    In 1748, King Louis XV abolished the galleys, transferring convicts to coastal prisons or ships, ending a long-standing form of harsh penal servitude.

  3. 1775

    The Flour War of 1775

    The Flour War of 1775 involved widespread riots across northern France after grain trade deregulation caused bread prices to rise by over 50 percent.

  4. 1783

    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.

  5. 1789

    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.

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