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Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Featured Biography Napoleon I

Born in Corsica this day in 1769, Napoleon I was one of the most celebrated figures in history, especially known for introducing a number of influential reforms while emperor of the French (1804–1814/15).

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Roeg, Nicolas
August 15, 1928 — November 23, 2018
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Louis-Victor de Broglie
August 15, 1892 — March 19, 1987
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Alexius I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor 1081–1118, detail of an illumination from a Greek manuscript; in the Vatican Library (Cod. Vat. Gr. 666).
1057 — August 15, 1118
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Paul Signac
November 11, 1863 — August 15, 1935
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De Quincey, Thomas
August 15, 1785 — December 8, 1859
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Hardie, drawing by Cosmo Rowe; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
August 15, 1856 — September 26, 1915
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Kushal Pal Singh
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