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1761

8476 Russian troops occupy the Prussian port city of Kolberg. Paul-Henri Thiry known as the Baron d’ Holbach (1723-1789) publishes Christianisme dévoilé, an attack on Christianity and religion in general as an impediment to the moral advancement of humanity. Voltaire begins his campaign to rehabilitate Jean Calas, a Protestant merchant from Toulouse executed on dubious evidence for the murder of his son.

Russian troops occupy the Prussian port city of Kolberg. Paul-Henri Thiry known as the Baron d’ Holbach (1723-1789) publishes Christianisme dévoilé, an attack on Christianity and religion in general as an impediment to the moral advancement of humanity. Voltaire begins his campaign to rehabilitate Jean Calas, a Protestant merchant from Toulouse executed on dubious evidence for the murder of his son.