Born
1694
Died
1778
Nationality
French
Events involving Voltaire (6)
1740
ID: 511
Frederick the Great takes throne, rejects Pietism for French Enlightenment but maintains Pietist administration
ID: 511
1754
ID: 549
Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality: 'first person who fenced plot and said mine was founder of civil society'
ID: 549
1759
ID: 556
Voltaire's Candide: 'If this is best of all possible worlds, what are others?' - mocks philosophical optimism
ID: 556
1778
ID: 599
Franklin joins Lodge of Nine Sisters Paris - most prestigious Enlightenment lodge with Voltaire, Condorcet, Danton
ID: 599
1778
ID: 600
Franklin meets Voltaire at Academy of Sciences - theatrical embrace as 'Solon and Sophocles'
ID: 600
1779
ID: 603
Franklin becomes Venerable Master of Nine Sisters - first American to lead major European lodge
ID: 603