Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de Barante (June 10, 1782 - November 22, 1866), French statesman and historian, the son of an advocate, was born at Riom. June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1782 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Riom is a historic city in the Auvergne région of France. ...

At the age of sixteen he entered the École Polytechnique at 380 Paris, and at twenty obtained his first appointment in the civil service. His abilities secured him rapid promotion, and in 1806 he obtained the post of auditor to the council of state. After being employed in several political missions in Germany, Poland and Spain, during the next two years, he became prefect of Vendée. The cadets of Polytechnique rushed to the defense of Paris against the foreign armies in 1814. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Vendée is a département in west central France, on the Atlantics Bay of Biscay. ...

At the time of the return of Napoleon I he held the prefecture of Nantes, and this post he immediately resigned. On the second restoration of the Bourbons he was made councillor of state and secretary-general of the ministry of the interior. After filling for several years the post of director-general of indirect taxes, he was created in 1819 a peer of France and was prominent among the Liberals. For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... For a place in Brazil, see Nantes, Brazil City motto: Favet Neptunus eunti. ... This article or section should include material from France: Wars of Religion - Bourbon Dynasty. ... 1819 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

After the revolution of July 1830, M. de Barante was appointed ambassador to Turin, and five years later to St Petersburg. Throughout the reign of Louis Philippe he remained a supporter of the government; and after the fall of the monarchy, in February 1848, he withdrew from political affairs and retired to his country seat in Auvergne. Shortly before his retirement he had been made grand cross of the Legion of Honour. Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution The French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution, was a revolt by the middle class against Bourbon King Charles X which forced him out of office and replaced him with the Orleanist King Louis-Philippe. ... Location Region Piedmont Province Torino Area   – Total   – Water 130 km² (50 mi²) ##.# km² (#.# mi²) #.##% Population   – Total (2002)   – Density 857,433 6,596/km² Time zone CET: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude   45°04N 7°40E (##.#######, -##.#######)1. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Louis-Philippe of France (October 6, 1773–August 26, 1850), served as the Orleanist king of the French from 1830 to 1848. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... History Auvergne was also historically a province of France, deriving its name from Averni, a Gallic tribe who once occupied the area. ... French Legion of Honor The Légion dhonneur (in Legion of Honor (AmE) or Legion of Honour (ComE)) is an Order of Chivalry awarded by the President of France. ...

Barante's Histoire des ducs de Bourgogne de la maison de Valois, which appeared in a series of volumes between 1824 and 1828, procured him immediate admission to the Académie Française. Its narrative qualities, and purity of style, won high praise from the romantic school, but it exhibits a lack of the critical sense and of scientific scholarship. Amongst his other literary works are: The Académie française, or French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. ... Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in late 18th century Western Europe. ...

• a Tableau de la littérature française au dixhuitième siècle, of which several editions were published
• Des communes et de l'aristocratie (1821)
• a French translation of the dramatic works of Schiller
• Questions constitutionnelles (1850)
• Histoire de la Convention Nationale, which appeared in six volumes between 1851 and 1853
• Histoire du Directoire de la République française (1855)
• Etudes historiques et biographiques (1857)
• La Vie politique de M. Royer-Collard (1861)

The version of Hamlet for Guizot's Shakespeare was his work. Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (November 10, 1759 - May 9, 1805), usually known as Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist. ... Pierre Paul Royer-Collard (June 21, 1763 - September 2, 1845), was a French statesman and philosopher. ... The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and one of his most well-known and oft-quoted plays. ... François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (October 4, 1787 -September 12, 1874) was a French historian, orator and statesman. ...

His Souvenirs were published by his grandson (Paris, 189o-99). See also the article by Guizot in the Revue des deux Mondes, July 1867.

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