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Events on Saturday 18 May 1799 2
1732 – 1799Pierre Beaumarchais (1732-1799)Died 18 May 1799, aged 67French playwright, watchmaker, and secret agent, author of The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. His comedies mocked aristocratic privilege and inspired operas by Rossini and Mozart. He also organised covert French arms supplies to the American revolutionaries.
1732 – 1799Pierre Beaumarchais (1732-1799)Died 18 May 1799, aged 67French playwright, watchmaker, and secret agent, author of The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. His comedies mocked aristocratic privilege and inspired operas by Rossini and Mozart. He also organised covert French arms supplies to the American revolutionaries.