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Events on Saturday 2 May 1857 1
1810 – 1857Alfred de Musset (1810-1857)Died 2 May 1857, aged 46Musset was a French poet and playwright associated with the Romantic movement, known for works including Lorenzaccio and his autobiographical novel The Confession of a Child of the Century. His turbulent relationship with the writer George Sand became one of the era's best-known literary romances.