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Roucher was the son of a tailor from Montpellier. His epithalamium on Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette won him the favour of Turgot, and a salt-tax collectorship. His poem, entitled Les Mois, appeared in 1779, was praised in manuscript, but critically lambasted until the 19th century. The malicious wit of Antoine de Rivarol's mot on the critical failure of the poem, "Cest le plus beau naufrage du siècle," reflects the fact that one of the most elaborate passages describes a shipwreck.
Roucher was a disciple of Voltaire, and a friend of the French Revolution, but he remained moderate in his opinions. He presided over an anti- JacobinIn the context of the French Revolution, a Jacobin originally meant a member of the Jacobin Club ( 1789- 1794). But even while the Club still existed, the name of Jacobins had been popularly applied to all promulgators of extreme revolutionary opinions. club, and denounced the tyranny of the popular demagogues in supplements published with the Journal de Paris in 1792. He was arrested on October 4October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). There are 88 days remaining. Events 610 Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, otherthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor. 1582 Pope Gregory XIII implements the, 1793Events January 2 Russia and Prussia partition Poland January 9 Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fly in a balloon in the United States. January 21 After being found guilty of treason by the French Convention, "Citizen Capet" ie. Louis XVI of Fran, and, accused of being the leader of a conspiracy among the prisoners at Saint Lazare , was sent to the guillotineLons-le-Saunier, 1878 The guillotine is a machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame (approx 4m high) from which is suspended a heavy triangular blade (approx 40kg). The blade is hauled to t on the same tumbril as his friend André ChénierAndre Chenier ( October 30, 1762 July 25, 1794) was a French poet, associated with the events of the French Revolution. He was born at Constantinople. His father, Louis Chenier, a native of Languedoc, after twenty years in the Levant as a cloth-merchant, on July 25, 1794.
Roucher translated in 1790Events January 8 George Washington gives the first State of the Union Address. January 30 The first boat specialized as a lifeboat is tested on the River Tyne. February 1 In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time. Adam SmithThis article is about the 18th-century economist. For other people of the same name, see Adam Smith (disambiguation). Adam Smith Date of birth June 5, 1723 (baptism) Kirkcaldy Fife, Scotland Date of death July 17, 1790 (illness) Edinburgh, Scotland Occupa's Wealth of Nations. His letters from prison were edited by his son-in-law under the title of Consolations de ma captivité (1797), and his death was made the subject of a tragedy in 1834 by his brother Claude Roucher-Deratte, a voluminous writer.