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Marries with Jeanne de Latrigue, who
brought huge dowry
His uncle dies leaving him the title Baron de Montesquieu, his fortune and his
office of President a Mortier.
Publishes the Persian Letters.
Writes Dialogue de Sylla et d'Eucrate and
Reflexions sur la monarchie universelle.
Writes Le temple de Gnide.
Receives his license and admittied
councilor of the pariliament Guyenne.
Elected a member of the Royal Society in London.
Publishes Considerations sur la grandeur et la
decadence des Romains.
Elected into the Academy
Begins the travels to Hungary,
Turkey, Italy, Germany and England.
Returns to Bordeaux and becomes a member of the Free Masons.
Returns to Bordeaux and studies law.
Publishes The Spirit of the Laws which he had
worked on for the past twenty years. It is most notable work by Montesquieu.
Sent to the Oratorian school at Tuilly and recieves
classical eduacation.
Writes his Defense de l'Esprit des Lois et Eclaircissements.
An addition of eleven letters are made to
the Persian Letters
Montesquieu was born at La Brede, France.
February 10, dies in Bordeaux.