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Charles Alexandre de Calonne

1734 - 1802

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Charles Alexandre de Calonne (20 January 1734 – 30 October 1802), titled Count of Hannonville in 1759, was a French statesman, best known for being Louis XVI's Controller-General of Finances (minister of finance) in the years leading up to the French revolution. Calonne attempted repeatedly to pass reforms that lowered government spending and implemented property added value tax among other things, but failed due to popular opposition to his policies from the Parlement and the Assembly of Notables. Realizing that the Parlement of Paris would never agree to reform, Calonne handpicked an Assembly of Notables in 1787 to approve new taxes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Alexandre de Calonne has received more than 249,500 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Charles Alexandre de Calonne is the 4,042nd most popular politician (up from 4,341st in 2019), the 1,252nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,371st in 2019) and the 305th most popular French Politician.

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  • 2.26

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Alexandre de Calonne ranks 4,042 out of 19,576. Before him are Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Thrasamund, Shvarn, Paul Ryan, Péter Medgyessy, and Ranjit Singh. After him are Qara Yusuf, Salam Fayyad, Piali Pasha, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Sarduri II, and Bretislav I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1734, Charles Alexandre de Calonne ranks 10. Before him are François-Joseph Gossec, Sophie of France, Cardinal de Rohan, Anna Göldi, Wolfgang von Kempelen, and Grigory Orlov. After him are Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Joseph Wright of Derby, Shahrokh Shah, George Romney, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, and Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst. Among people deceased in 1802, Charles Alexandre de Calonne ranks 6. Before him are Clotilde of France, Erasmus Darwin, Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, Marie François Xavier Bichat, and Martha Washington. After him are Ludovico Manin, Alexander Radishchev, Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prince Henry of Prussia, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, and Jens Juel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Alexandre de Calonne ranks 1,252 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Boyer (1899), Lúcio Costa (1902), Emmanuelle Béart (1963), Victor Noir (1848), Robert Badinter (1928), and Anthony, Duke of Brabant (1384). After him are Didier Pironi (1952), Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (1460), Élisabeth Borne (1961), Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393), Clément Ader (1841), and Philipp Spener (1635).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles Alexandre de Calonne ranks 305. Before him are René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451), Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767), Marie Anne de Mailly (1717), Alain Poher (1909), Gérard Genette (1930), and Robert Badinter (1928). After him are Élisabeth Borne (1961), Guy, Count of Flanders (1226), Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (1936), Roger Ducos (1747), Rudolph III of Burgundy (971), and Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse (1678).

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