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Born on November Twenty-first , sixteen-ninety-four.
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Mom dies
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Educated by Jesuits at the Collège Louis-le-Grand
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He was arrested and exiled from Paris for five months
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imprisioned in the Bastille. wrote the tradgedy play ŒDIPE, and started to use the name Voltaire
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Chooses the name "Volatire"
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Dad dies, joins spying mission with Madame de Ruplemonde
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Stops execution of Abbe Desfontaines
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He was yet again forced to leave france
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Wrote his play, "LE FANATISME, OU MAHOMET LE PROPHÈTE
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Detained by Fredrick of Prussia for treason
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He was voted into the Academie Francaise.
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Banned from Paris!
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Died at age 83, last words "ForGods sake let me die in peace"
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Was finally buried after being denied from the Church grounds
