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Benjamin Constant

Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque, or simply Benjamin Constant, was a Swiss and French political thinker, activist and writer on political theory and religion.

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Born 25 October 1767 · Died 8 December 1830 · Q123089

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A Turn to Empire: The Rise of Imperial Liberalism in Britain and France.
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for their prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration.
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2005· 1 entry

Jan 1, 2005Documented record75% confidence

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“A Turn to Empire: The Rise of Imperial Liberalism in Britain and France.”

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1991· 1 entry

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By Aubier, manuscript probably written between 1795 and 1810)

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1909· 1 entry

Dec 10, 1909Documented record85% confidence

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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Peace — for their prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration.

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1836· 1 entry

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De la liberté des Anciens comparée à celle des Modernes (famous speech delivered in 1819)

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1831· 1 entry

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When elected municipal councils (albeit on a narrow franchise) were created

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1830· 4 entries

Dec 8, 1830Documented record86% confidence

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Died 1830-12-08.

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Jan 1, 1830Documented record84% confidence

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Career landmark: Member of the Chamber of Deputies (1830–1830).

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1830Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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King Louis Philippe I gave Constant a large sum of money to help him pay off his debts, and appointed him to the Conseil d'Etat

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“Diversity is life; uniformity is death.”

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1827· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1827Documented record84% confidence

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Career landmark: Member of the Chambre des députés des départements (1827–1830).

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1824· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1824Documented record84% confidence

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Career landmark: Member of the Chambre des députés des départements (1824–1827).

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1822· 1 entry

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Goethe praised Constant in the following terms:

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1819· 2 entries

Jan 1, 1819Documented record84% confidence

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Career landmark: Member of the Chambre des députés des départements (1819–1822).

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Jan 1, 1819Documented record75% confidence

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“The Liberty of Ancients Compared with that of Moderns”

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1818· 1 entry

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And remained in office until his death in 1830

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1817· 1 entry

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The year when Madame de Staël died, he was back in Paris and was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, the lower legislative house of the Restoration-era government

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1814· 1 entry

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Where the French Restoration took place and Louis XVIII had become king

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1808· 1 entry

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Secretly married Caroline von Hardenberg, a woman who had been divorced twice, (she was related to Novalis and to Karl August von Hardenberg)

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1806· 1 entry

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Lived in Rouen and Meulan, where he started work on his novel Adolphe

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1803· 1 entry

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At a time when Britain and France were at peace, Jean Gabriel Peltier, while living in England, argued that Napoleon should be assassinated

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1802· 1 entry

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The first consul confirmed in his doubts, forced Constant to withdraw because of the tenor of his speeches and his close connection with Mme de Staël

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1800· 1 entry

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The Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise, an attempt to assassinate Napoleon, failed

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1767· 1 entry

Oct 25, 1767Documented record86% confidence

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Born 1767-10-25.

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