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Frédéric Bastiat Chronology - Frédéric Bastiat, The Collected Works of Frédéric Bastiat. Vol. 1: The Man and the Statesman: The Correspondence and Articles on Politics [2011]

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The Collected Works of Frédéric Bastiat. Vol. 1: The Man and the Statesman: The Correspondence and Articles on Politics, translated from the French by Jane and Michel Willems, with an introduction by Jacques de Guenin and Jean-Claude Paul-Dejean. Annotations and Glossaries by Jacques de Guenin, Jean-Claude Paul-Dejean, and David M. Hart. Translation editor Dennis O’Keeffe (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2011).

Part of: The Collected Works of Frédéric Bastiat, in 6 Vols.

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Frédéric Bastiat Chronology

1801Born in Bayonne, 30 June.
1808Death of mother. Moves to Mugron with father, grandfather, and Aunt Justine.
1810Death of father.
1814-18Attends school at Sorèze.
1819-25Works in Bayonne for his Uncle Monclar.
1825Death of grandfather. Inherits part of his estate.
1830The “three glorious days,” 27-29 July. Louis-Philippe becomes “king of the French.”
1831Appointed county judge.
1833Elected to the General Council of the Landes.
1840Travels to Spain and Portugal.
1844On the Influence of French and English Tariffs on the Future of the Two Peoples.
1845Travels to Paris and London.
Cobden and the League.
Economic Sophisms (first series).
1846Monitors the Association pour la liberté des échanges.
To the Electors of the District of Saint-Sever.
Founds weekly journal Le Libre échange.
1847Economic Sophisms (second series).
1848Revolution, 22-24 February. The republic is proclaimed.
Elected to the Constituent Assembly, 23 April.
Founds La République française and Jacques Bonhomme.
Property and Law.
Justice and Fraternity.
Property and Plunder.
The State.
Louis-Napoléon elected president of the republic, 10 December.
1849Elected to the Legislative Assembly, 13 May.
Protectionism and Communism.
Capital and Rent.
Peace and Freedom, or the Republican Budget.
Parliamentary Incompatibilities.
Damned Money.
Free Credit.
1850Economic Harmonies.
Plunder and Law.
The Law.
Baccalaureate and Socialism.
What Is Seen and What Is Not Seen.
Departure for Rome, September.
Dies in Rome, 24 December.

Map of France Showing Cities Mentioned by Bastiat

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Cartography by Mapping Specialists, Madison, Wisconsin.

Map of Southwestern France

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Cartography by Mapping Specialists, Madison, Wisconsin.

Part 1

Correspondence