Born and died in 1799

King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to 1859, and a noted composer, he was the second monarch of the House of Bernadotte

English merchant and astronomer known for improving reflecting telescopes and discovering planetary satellites

Romancier et dramaturge français connu pour La Comédie humaine, fresque de la société française post-napoléonienne

Dramaturge, diplomate et polymathe français surtout connu pour ses pièces de Figaro influentes, dont Le Mariage de Figaro et Le Barbier de Séville.