BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

41st year  -  N° 121                 Friday, 1 May 2026         Antwerpen		
Our Young Life was Like a Flower in Bloom
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Ex-convict turned prospering businessman
César-Joseph Guillaume Regnault
known for inspiring Victor Hugo’s novel ‘Jean Valjean’


  • 31 January 1804 (+) is born in Paris, France.

  • 6 July 1848 (-) commits suicide because he was blackmailed by an ex-con who recognised him in a bar in Le Havre, France.