Historedia
Person

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

Events
2
Episodes
3
Years
1774–1784

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, 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. Civil Degradation of Pierre Beaumarchais

    1774–1776

    Role: Defendant and subject of civil degradation

    1. 1774 · FranceCivil Degradation Sentence

      Beaumarchais was sentenced to 'blâme', a legal status nominally depriving him of his civil rights following the Goezman case.

    2. 1776 · FranceReinstatement of Civil Rights

      Beaumarchais's civil rights were reinstated by the French Parliament in 1776 for his services to France.

  2. Premiere of The Marriage of Figaro

    1784

    Role: playwright, author of the comedy

    1. 27 April 1784 · Comédie-Française, ParisPremiere of La folle journée ou Le Mariage de Figaro

      Beaumarchais's comedy premiered at the Comédie-Française in Paris on 27 April 1784, after the King lifted his ban on the play that year.

Sources

  1. Pierre-Augustin de Beaumarchais Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-15