Joseph François Michaud [SEP] date of death
Joseph François Michaud
Joseph François Michaud (19 June 1767 – 30 September 1839) was a French historian and publicist.
Biography.
Michaud was born at Albens, Savoie, educated at Bourg-en-Bresse, and afterwards engaged in literary work at Lyon, where the French Revolution first aroused the strong dislike of revolutionary principles which manifested itself throughout the rest of his life. In 1791 he went to Paris, where, at great risk to his own safety, he took part in editing several royalist journals.
born 1767)
- 13 May - Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano, statesman and journalist (born 1763)
- 19 July - Maurice de Guérin, poet (born 1810)
- 30 September - Joseph François Michaud, historian and publicist (born 1767)
- 31 December - Hyacinthe-Louis de Quelen, Archbishop of Paris (born 1778)
Deaths Full date unknown.
- Laurent Jean François Truguet, admiral (born 1752)