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Paul Gavarni

French caricaturist (1804-1866)

Born
January 13, 1804
Died
November 23, 1866
Zodiac sign
Capricorn
Birth year
1804

About Paul Gavarni

Paul Gavarni was the pen name of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier, a French illustrator, born in Paris. His first published drawings were for the magazine Journal des modes. His sharp and witty drawings gave these generally commonplace and unartistic figures a life-likeness and an expression which soon won him a name in fashionable circles.

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The world when Paul Gavarni was born

Paul Gavarni was born in 1804. 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 headlineLewis and Clark expedition begins
  • Technology milestoneMorphine isolated for the first time
  • World population~920M

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderThomas Jefferson
  • U.S. population6.1M

1804 versus 2026

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

Measure18042026
Population6.1M341 million

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