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Born July 22, 1804 • Paris • France
Died December 26, 1893 (aged 89) • France
Title / Office Legislative Assembly (1849-1851), France • Chamber of Deputies (1848), France
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prime minister of France
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Adolphe Thiers
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Camille Desmoulins
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François-Noël Babeuf
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Louis Fréron.
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Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin
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Philippe-Emmanuel Gondi
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Alain Juppé
prime minister of France
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French heroine
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Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
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Napoleon III
emperor of France