3 events with tag "Voltaire"
1740
ID: 511
Frederick the Great takes throne, rejects Pietism for French Enlightenment but maintains Pietist administration
ID: 511
1759
ID: 556
Voltaire's Candide: 'If this is best of all possible worlds, what are others?' - mocks philosophical optimism
ID: 556
1778
ID: 600
Franklin meets Voltaire at Academy of Sciences - theatrical embrace as 'Solon and Sophocles'
ID: 600