Welcome to Assassin's Creed Wiki! Log in and join the community.

Charles Alexandre de Calonne: Difference between revisions

From the Assassin's Creed Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Bovkaffe
No edit summary
imported>Bovkaffe
Adding categories
Line 14: Line 14:
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Lawyers]]
[[Category:Viscounts]]
[[Category:Viscounts]]
[[Category:Finance Ministers of France]]

Revision as of 17:02, 30 July 2015


Charles Alexandre, vicomte de Calonne (20 January 1734 – 30 October 1802) was the French finance minister from 1783 to 1787.

Calonne was unpopular with both the nobles and the general populace, especially for suggesting new tax laws.[1] He came under the criticism of the Comte de Mirabeau, who was exiled to Prussia for doing so.[2] Crowds began burning effigies of the finance minister, who was eventually forced to leave the country in 1787, and was followed by several other ministers.[1]

References