Alessandro Volta vs Marie Antoinette
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Compare the life timelines of Alessandro Volta (1745–1827) and Marie Antoinette (1755–1793) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 38 years, from 1755 to 1793.
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Alessandro Volta (1745–1827)
- — Born in Como, Lombardy Verified
- — Became professor of physics at the Royal School in Como Verified
- — Invented an improved electrophorus Verified
- — Discovered and isolated methane Verified
- — Appointed professor of experimental physics at the University of Pavia Verified
- — Married Teresa Peregrini Verified
- — Invented the voltaic pile, the first electric battery Verified
- — Demonstrated the battery before Napoleon in Paris Verified
- — Retired to his estate near Como Verified
- — Died in Como Verified
Marie Antoinette (1755–1793)
- — Born in Vienna as Archduchess Maria Antonia of Austria Verified
- — Married Louis-Auguste, Dauphin of France, at Versailles Verified
- — Became Queen of France upon the accession of Louis XVI Verified
- — Gave birth to her first child, Marie Thérèse Charlotte Verified
- — Reputation damaged by the Affair of the Diamond Necklace Verified
- — Attempted escape from Paris in the Flight to Varennes Verified
- — Imprisoned with the royal family in the Temple after the fall of the monarchy Verified
- — Tried and convicted of treason by the Revolutionary Tribunal Verified
- — Executed by guillotine at the Place de la Révolution in Paris Verified