Victor Hugo / Died
May 22, 1885 (age 83 years), Paris, France
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Hugo died on 22 May 1885, aged 83. He was given a state funeral in the Panthéon of Paris, which was attended by over 2 million people, the largest in French ...
May 18, 2024 · Victor Hugo (born February 26, 1802, Besançon, France—died May 22, 1885, Paris) was a poet, novelist, and dramatist who was the most ...
Hugo died on 22 May 1885 in Paris, France from an infection, aged 83. His death generated intense national mourning. He was not only revered as a towering ...
Hugo himself died in 1885 at the age of eighty-three. His last wishes were, "I leave 50,000 francs to the poor. I wish to be taken to the cemetery in the hearse ...
An unqualified hero to his countrymen, when he died on this day in 1885 aged eighty-three, his funeral prompted mourning hitherto unprecedented anywhere for a ...
Dec 13, 2023 · When the poet, playwright, and novelist Victor Hugo died in 1885, Nadar went to his deathbed to make a final image as a memorial of the great ...
In 1885, two years after the death of his faithful companion Juliette, Hugo died and was given a national funeral. His body lay in state under the Arc de ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Hugo died on May 22, 1885, in Paris. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. Early Life. Victor-Marie Hugo was born in Besançon, ...