Francois-Marie Voltaire's Timeline: Life, Photos, and Key Events
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on 2/15/1720
in Paris
set in ancient Macedonia. It was a flop and only fragments of the text survive
in 1722
but Denied a licence to publish. He headed north to find a publisher outside France
on 8/15/1722
accompanied by his mistress, Marie-Marguerite de Rupelmonde, a young widow
on 9/1/1722
in The Hague, Netherlands
Voltaire was struck and impressed by the openness and tolerance of Dutch society
in 1724
Depicted person: François-Marie Arouet (1694–1778), known as Voltaire, French Enlightenment writer and philosopher
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