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1732 CE - 1804 CE: Life of Jacques Necker, finance minister to King Louis XVI of France.
1781 CE: Jacques Necker, French Director of Finance, publishes the Compte rendu au roi, the first record of royal finances ever made public.
1789 CE: Jacques Necker, popular Chief Minister of France, is fired from King Louis XVI's cabinet for a second time and ordered into exile.