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Encyclopedia > Jacques Charles Dupont de l'Eure
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Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, French statesman

Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (February 27, 1767 - 1855) was a French lawyer and statesman. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A lawyer is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law (and in other forms of dispute resolution). ... The term statesman is a respectful term used to refer to diplomats, politicians, and other notable figures of state. ...


He was born at Neubourg (Eure), in Normandy. In 1789 he was an advocate at the parlement of Normandy. During the republic and the empire he filled successive judicial offices at Louviers, Rouen and Evreux. He had adopted the principles of the French Revolution, and in 1798 began his political life as a member of the Council of Five Hundred. Eure is a département in the north of France named after the Eure River. ... Normandy is a geographical region in northern France. ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Parlements (pronounced in French) in ancien régime France — contrary to what their name would suggest to the modern reader — were not democratic or political institutions, but law courts . ... Louviers is a French town in upper Normandy in the Eure département. ... Location within France Rouen (pronounced in French, sometimes also ) is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northern France, and presently the capital of the Upper Normandy région. ... Évreux is a commune of Normandy, France, in the Eure département, of which it is the préfecture (capital). ... The period of the French Revolution is very important in the history of France and the world. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Council of Five Hundred (Conseil des Cinq-Cent), or simply the Five Hundred was the lower house of the Directory (Directoire), the legislature of France from August 22, 1795 until November 9, 1799, roughly the second half of the period generally referred to as the French Revolution. ...


In 1813 he became a member of the Corps Legislatif. During the Hundred Days he was vice-president of the chamber of deputies, and when the allied armies entered Paris he drew up the declaration asserting the necessity of maintaining the principles of government that had been established at the Revolution. He was chosen as one of the commissioners to negotiate with the allied sovereigns. From 1817 till 1849 he was, without interruption, a member of the chamber of deputies, and he acted consistently with the liberal opposition, of which he was the virtual leader. For a few months in 1830 he held office as minister of justice, but, finding himself out of harmony with his colleagues, he resigned before the end of the year and resumed his place in the opposition. At the revolution of 1848 Dupont de l'Eure was made president of the provisional assembly, being its oldest member. In the following year, having failed to secure his re-election to the chamber, he retired from public life. 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Hundred Days (French Cent-Jours) or the Waterloo Campaign commonly names the period between 20 March 1815, the date on which Napoleon Bonaparte arrived in Paris after his return from Elba, and 28 June 1815, the date of the restoration of King Louis XVIII. The phrase Cent jours was... The Chamber of Deputies is the name given to the lower house of the bicameral legislatures of the following states: Argentina – Chamber of Deputies of Argentina (Cámara de Diputados) Bolivia – Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia (Cámara de Diputados) Brazil – Chamber of Deputies of Brazil (Cámara dos Deputados) Chile – Chamber of... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... —Alexis de Tocqueville, Recollections The European Revolutions of 1848, in some countries known as the Spring of Nations, were the bloody consequences of a variety of changes that had been taking place in Europe in the first half of the 19th century. ...


His consistent firmness in the cause of constitutional liberalism throughout the many changes of his times gained him the respect of his countrymen, by whom he was styled the "Aristides of the French tribune". The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Liberal democracy History of democracy Referenda Representative democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Elections Elections by country Elections by calender Electoral systems Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by ideology... Aristides (530 BC–468 BC) was an Athenian statesman, nicknamed the Just. He was the son of Lysimachus, and a member of a family of moderate fortune. ...

Preceded by:
Louis-Philippe
(King of the French)
Head of State of France
(chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic)
(February 24 - May 6, 1848)
Followed by:
Executive Commission:
François ARAGO
Louis-Antoine GARNIER-PAGÈS
Alphonse de LAMARTINE
Alexandre LEDRU-ROLLIN
Pierre MARIE (de Saint-Georges)

Louis-Philippe of France (October 6, 1773–August 26, 1850), served as the Orleanist king of the French from 1830 to 1848. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... François Jean Dominique Arago (February 26, 1786 – October 2, 1853) was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician. ... Louis-Antoine Garnier-Pagès (1803 – October 31, 1878), French politician, fought on the barricades during the revolution of July. ... Portrait of Alphonse de Lamartine Alphonse Marie Louise Prat de Lamartine (October 21, 1790 - February 28, 1869) was a French writer, poet and politician. ... Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin (February 2, 1807 - December 31, French politician. ...

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