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Get to know George Sand, the emblematic woman of the 19th century!
Key dates
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1804 Born in Paris.
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1808 Arrival in Nohant and death of Maurice Dupin, her father.
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1821 Death of Madame Dupin de Francueil, his grandmother.
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1822 Marriage to Baron Casimir Dudevant.
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1823 Birth of Maurice, his son.
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1828 Birth of daughter Solange.
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1832 Indiana, George Sand's first novel.
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1836 Legal separation between George Sand and her husband.
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1838 George Sand meets Frédéric Chopin. Trip to Majorca.
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1848 Involvement in the Revolution.
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1849 Nohant theater opens. Arrival of Alexandre Manceau.
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1852 Louis Napoléon is proclaimed emperor.
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1854 Publication of "Histoire de ma vie".
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1864 Triumph of "Marquis de Villemer" at the Odéon. Meeting with Flaubert.
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1870 Proclamation of the Third Republic.
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1873 Mac-Mahon elected President of the Republic. Last trip to Auvergne.
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1876 Death of George Sand.