Hernani Premiere
Hernani premieres at the Comedie-Francaise and becomes a landmark of French Romantic drama.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Victor Hugo Biography and Timeline
Follow Victor Hugo through 8 dated historical records for France.
Victor Hugo, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
8Distinct records
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1830–1885Years on this page
1830
Hernani Paris Premiere
Victor Hugo's Hernani premiered at the Comedie Francaise, becoming a flashpoint in the battle between Romantic and classical theatre.
1831
Notre Dame de Paris
Publication of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". Publication of "Notre Dame de Paris"
1836
Quatre-Vingt-Treize
Visits the battlefields of Dol & writes "Quatre-Vingt-Treize"
1837
Les Voix Interieures
Publishes the poetry collection Les Voix interieures.
The Inner Voices
Reflects on family, memory, politics and the poets public role.
1862
Les Miserables
Publication of "Les Miserables"
1885
Death of Victor Hugo
Death of Victor Hugo
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.