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Léon Gambetta

Léon Gambetta, French lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of France (died 1882)

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Born
April 2, 1838
Died
December 31, 1882
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1838

About Léon Gambetta

Léon Gambetta was a French lawyer and republican politician who proclaimed the French Third Republic in 1870 and played a prominent role in its early government. Gambetta was one of the first members of the new Government of National Defense, becoming Minister of the Interior. These hopes vanished when the conservatives and Monarchists won nearly 2/3 of the six hundred Assembly seats. He had won elections in eight different départements, but the ultimate victor was the Orléanist Adolphe Thiers, winner of twenty-three elections.

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The world when Léon Gambetta was born

Léon Gambetta was born in 1838. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1838

  • Best-selling bookOliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineTrail of Tears — forced removal of Cherokee
  • Technology milestoneFirst transatlantic steamship crossing (SS Great Western)
  • World population~1.18B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderMartin Van Buren
  • U.S. population16.3M

1838 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Léon Gambetta's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18382026
Population16.3M341 million

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