Giovanni Giacomo de Seingalt Casanova was a Venetian adventurer. He was born in 1725 and died in 1798. He travelled Europe's capitals frequenting the most aristocratic society and living a generally rakish life. He is known by his Memoirs as an adventurer who acted a prominent part in all situations, amongst all classes of society, and in all the large cities of Europe, by turns acting the part of diplomatist, preacher, abbot, lawyer, and charlatan. Among others with whom he came in contact were Rousseau, Voltaire, Suvaroff, Frederick the Great, and Catherine II. His celebrated Memoirs are a lively picture of the manners of his times, but probably not very veracious. Research Casanova
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