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This post is a basic timeline of writer Voltaire (1694-1778). There are 17 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia
- 1694: Born in Paris, France
- 1713: Became a secretary to the French ambassador in The Hague, Netherlands
- 1723: Published La Henriade
- 1724: Published Mariamne
- 1726: Arrested due to conflict with Guy Auguste Rohan-Chabot
- 1726: Exiled to London, England
- 1733: Published Letters Concerning the English Nation
- 1738: Published Elements of the Philosophy of Newton
- 1750-1752: Served as chamberlain to Frederick the Great in Berlin, Prussia
- 1751: Published The Age of Louis XIV
- ~ 1754: Moved to Geneva, Switzerland
- 1756: Published Essay on the Customs and Spirit of the Nations
- ~ 1758: Moved to Ferney, France
- 1759: Published Candide
- 1764: Published Dictionnaire philosophique
- 1778: Moved back to Paris
- 1778: Died at age 83 in Paris, France
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