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150th anniversary of the death of François Guizot 2024
François Guizot symposium 2008
François Guizot symposium 1993
François Guizot Conference 1987
François Guizot symposium 1974

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Timeline4 October 1787: Born in Nîmes. 1799-1805: Stays in Geneva. 1812: Marries Pauline de Meulan. Professor of modern history at the Faculty of Letters in Paris. 1814-1820: Senior civil servant during the liberal phase of the Restoration. 1820-1829: History course at the Sorbonne (suspended in 1822, resumed in 1828), activities as historian and essayist. 1829-1832: Publication in six volumes of the modern history course: Histoire de la civilisation en Europe. History of civilisation in France. January 1830-February 1848: Deputy for Calvados. 3 August-2 November 1830: Minister of the Interior. October 1832-April 1837: Minister of Public Instruction. March 1833: death of his second wife Elisa Dillon, married in 1828. 1836: elected to the Académie française. Acquires Val-Richer, near Lisieux. February-October 1840: Ambassador to London. October 1840-February 1848: Minister of Foreign Affairs. August 1841-February 1848: President of the General Council of Calvados. 19 September 1847: President of the Council. March 1848-July 1849: exiled to London with his three children. 1856: Publication of the sixth and final volume of the History of the Revolution in England, begun in 1826. January 1857: Death of the Princess de Lieven, after a twenty-year affair. 1857-1868: publication of the eight volumes of Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de mon temps. January 1861: memorable reception...
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The Guizot awards

François Guizot-Institut de France Prize
Guizot Prize awarded by the Calvados General Council
Prix François Guizot de l’Académie Française

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