Biographies : 24
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BiographySCHIMMELPENNINCK, Roger-Jean
Born 15 February, 1761 at Deventer in Holland, he studied Classics and Law at Leiden, subsequently becoming a lawyer at Amsterdam, where he was made mayor in 1795 after the flight Stathouder. From 1798, he represented the Batavian Republic in France in Paris, and participated in the negotiations for the Peace of Amiens in 1802. […]
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BiographyTALLEYRAND-PERIGORD, Charles-Maurice de'C'est un homme d'intrigue, d'une grande immoralité, mais avec beaucoup d'esprit, et certes, le plus capable des ministres que j'aie eus', Napoleon to Caulaincourt during the retreat from Russia, 1812.
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BiographyTHUGUT, Johnann-Amadeus-Franz de Paula von
Fact file Born Linz, 31 March, 1736, died Vienna, 28 May, 1818.Appointed by Kaunitz as court interpreter in Constantinople with rank of Secretary of the Chancery, 1757 Became a double agent for the Bourbons as member of the Secret du Roi Louis XV, 1766 Paid an annual pension of 13,000 livres by Louis XV from […]
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BiographyWYBICKI, Josef (1747-1822)
Polish politician, author of the national anthem Wybicki was born on 29 September, 1747 in Bendomin, in northern Poland. He had seven sisters, at least four of whom became nuns, and a brother, who was a priest. After graduating from the Jesuit College in Danzig, he quickly entered into politics and became a member of […]