Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin ( Events January 26 - Treaty of Karlowitz signed March 30 - the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa. May 1 - Pierre Le Moyne dIberville founds the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley Births February 17 - Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, master builder (d. 1753) March 23 - John... 1699 - October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). There are 86 days remaining. Events 200 BCE-1899 105 BCE - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict a major defeat on the Roman army of Mallius Maximus 891 - Formosus becomes Pope 1600 - Jacopo Peris Euridice, the... October 6, Events The Cornish language died out 2nd edition of Encyclopædia Britannica published January 3 - American general George Washington defeats British general Charles Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton. January 12 - Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California January 16 - Vermont declares... 1777) was a The French Republic or France ( French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. France is a democracy organised as a... French hostess who played an interesting part in French literary and artistic life.

She was born in The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital city of France, as well as the capital of the ÃŽle-de-France région, whose territory encompasses Paris and its suburbs. The city of Paris proper is also a département, called Paris... Paris. She married, on July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. 1333 - Battle of Halidon Hill: the final battle of the Wars of Scottish... July 19, Events April 11 - War of the Spanish Succession: Treaty of Utrecht June 23 - French residents of Acadia given one year to declare allegiance to Britain or leave Nova Scotia Canada first Orrery built by George Graham Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713... 1713, Pierre Francois Geoffrin, a rich manufacturer and lieutenant-colonel of the National Guard, who died in 1750. It was not till Mme Geoffrin was nearly fifty that she became known as a power in Parisian society. She had learned much from Mme de Tencin, and about Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of... 1748 began to gather round her a literary and artistic circle. She held two dinners a week, on Monday for artists, and on Wednesday for her friends the The term encyclopedist is usually used for a group of French philosophers who collaborated in the 18th century in the production of the Encyclopédie, under the direction of Denis Diderot. It can also be used as a general term for a person helping to write an encyclopedia. See also... Encyclopaedists and other men of letters. She received many foreigners of distinction, including David Hume David Hume ( April 26, 1711 – August 25, 1776) was a Scottish philosopher and historian and, with Adam Smith and Thomas Reid among others, one of the most important figures in the Scottish Enlightenment. Many regard Hume as the third and most radical of the so-called British... David Hume and Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, more commonly known as Horace Walpole, (September 24, 1717-March 2, 1797), was a politician, writer and forerunner of the Gothic revival. He was born in London, the youngest son of British Prime Minister Robert Walpole. He was educated at Eton College and King... Horace Walpole.

Walpole spent much time in her society before he was finally attached to Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697 - September 23, 1780) was a French hostess and patron of the arts. She was born at the Chateau of Chamrond near Charolles (département of Saône-et-Loire) of a noble family. Educated at a convent in Paris, she showed... Mme du Deffand, and speaks of Mme Geoffrin in his letters as a model of common sense. She adopted the pose of an old woman earlier than necessary, and acted as mother and mentor to her guests, many of whom were indebted to her generosity for substantial help. Although her aim appears, to have been to have the Encyclopédie in conversation and action around her, she would reject those friends who incurred open disgrace. Jean-François Marmontel lost her favour after the official censure of Bélisaire. Her advanced views did not prevent her from observing the forms of religion.

A devoted Parisian, Mme Geoffrin rarely left the city. Her journey to The Republic of Poland, a democratic country with a population of 38,626,349 and area of 312,685 km², is located in Central Europe, between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania... Poland in 1766 to visit the king, For other persons named Stanisław Poniatowski, see Stanisław Poniatowski. Reign September 7, 1764, to November 25, 1795. Elected September 7, 1764, at Wola, now a district of Warsaw, Poland. Coronation November 25, 1764, in St. Johns Cathedral, Warsaw, Poland. Noble Family Poniatowski. Coat of Arms... Stanislas Poniatowski, whom she had known in his early days in Paris, was a remarkable event. Her experiences induced a sensible gratitude that she had been born "Française" and "particulière." In her last illness her daughter, Thérèse, marquise de la Ferté Imbault, excluded her mother's old friends so that she might die as a good Christian, a proceeding wittily described by the old lady: "My daughter is like Godfrey of Bouillon (c. 1060-1100), (Godefroy de Bouillon in French) was a leader of the First Crusade. He was the second son of Eustace II, count of Boulogne, and Ida, daughter of Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine. Early Life He was designated by Duke Godfrey II as his... Godfrey de Bouillon, she wished to defend my tomb from the infidels."

See Correspondence inédite du roi Stanislas Auguste Poniatowski et de Madame Geoffrin, edited by the comte de Mous (1875); P de Ségur, Le Royaume de la rue Saint-Honoré, Madame Geoffrin et sa fille (1897); A Tornezy, Un Bureau d'esprit au XVIII' siècle: le salon de Madame Geoffrin (1895); and Janet Aldis, Madame Geoffrin, her Salon and her Times, 1750-1777 (1905).

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