Person

Marquis de Vilette

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1791

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Marquis de Vilette, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Transfer of Voltaire's Ashes to the Panthéon

    1791

    Role: Proposed converting the church into a temple of liberty

    1. 4 April 1791 · Church of Saint Genevieve, later the PanthéonThe Assembly Transforms Saint Genevieve into a Mausoleum

      After Vilette's 1790 proposal and Mirabeau's death, the Assembly decreed the church a temple of the nation.

    2. 11 July 1791 · Panthéon, 5th arrondissementVoltaire's Ashes Enshrined in the Panthéon

      The National Assembly had Voltaire's remains brought to Paris and enshrined in a lavish ceremony on 11 July 1791.

Sources

  1. Panthéon Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-22