home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
/ The Epic Interactive Encyclopedia 1998 / Epic Interactive Encyclopedia, The - 1998 Edition (1998)(Epic Marketing).iso / N / Necker,_Jacques / INFOTEXT < prev   
Text File  |  1992-09-01  |  425b  |  12 lines
  1. 1732-1804. French politician. As finance
  2. minister 1776-81, he attempted reforms, and
  3. was dismissed through Queen Marie
  4. Antoinette's influence. Recalled 1788, he
  5. persuaded Louis XVI to summon the States
  6. General (parliament), which earned him the
  7. hatred of the court, and in July 1789 he was
  8. banished. The outbreak of the French
  9. Revolution with the storming of the Bastille
  10. forced his reinstatement, but he resigned
  11. Sept 1790.
  12.