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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)

6 dated entries naming Jean-Jacques Rousseau, drawn from 6 separate years between 1712 CE and 1834 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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18th century

  • 1712June 28 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Genevan philosopher (d. 1778)source
  • 1728March 14 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau leaves Geneva for the first time.source
  • 1762Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract (Du Contrat social, ou Principes du droit politique) and Emile, or On Education (Émile, ou De l’éducation) are published in Amsterdam and The Hague respectively. In Rousseau's native Republic of Geneva they are publicly burned and prohibited in Paris.source
  • 1765September 6 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau's house in Switzerland is stoned by a mob.source
  • 1778July 3 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss philosopher (b. 1712)source

19th century

  • 1834Statue of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is erected in his birthplace of Geneva.source

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