Michel de Montaigne
1533–1592 · Person
The inventor of the essay — retired Bordeaux magistrate who made the study of himself the study of mankind.
On these timelines: France, Arts and Thoughts, Renaissance, Master, People
More from France
- French Revolution (1789)
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769)
- Reign of Charlemagne (768)
- Reign of Louis XIV (the Sun King) (1643)
- Founding of the Capetian dynasty (987)
- Treaty of Verdun (843)
- Baptism of Clovis (496)
- Frankish kingdom of Clovis I (481)
Around 1533
- The Reformation (1517)
- Columbus reaches the Americas (1492)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Reign of Henry VIII (1509)
- English Reformation (1533)
- Mughal Empire (1526)
- Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508)
- Martin Luther (1483)
- Mona Lisa (1503)