Louis Hachette

Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (died 1864)

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Born: May 5, 1800
Died: July 31, 1864
Zodiac sign: Taurus
Birth year: 1800

About Louis Hachette

Louis Christophe François Hachette was a French publisher who established a Paris publishing house designed to produce books and other material to improve the system of school instruction. Publications were initially focused on the classics and subsequently expanded to include books and magazines of all types. The firm is currently part of a global publishing house. In 1855 Hachette founded Le Journal pour tous, a publication with a circulation of 150,000 weekly.

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Career and life highlights

Hachette & Company was founded.

The world when Louis Hachette was born

Louis Hachette was born in 1800. 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.

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineUS capital moves to Washington, D.C.
Technology milestoneAlessandro Volta invents the electric battery
World population~900M

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderJohn Adams
U.S. population5.3M

1800 versus 2026

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

Measure	1800	2026
Population	5.3M	341 million

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