Notes
a. ^ As Comte de Provence, Louis had earlier been a patron of balloon pioneer Pilâtre de Rozier, who had been the victim of the first fatal ballooning accident on 15 June 1785.
b. ^ Most sources do not mention the number of the house but some say number 15 or number 16, and some claim the building was a hotel.
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