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Jean-Paul Marat was born in Boudry, in the Prussian Principality of Neuchâtel (now a canton of Switzerland), on 24 May 1743. [7] He was the first of five children born to Jean Mara (born Juan Salvador Mara; 1704–1783), a Sardinian [ 8 ] [ 9 ] from Cagliari , and Louise Cabrol (1724–1782), from Geneva . [ 10 ]
L'Ami du peuple (French: [lami dy pœpl], The Friend of the People) was a newspaper written by Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution. "The most celebrated radical paper of the Revolution", according to historian Jeremy D. Popkin, [1] L’Ami du peuple was a vocal advocate for the rights of the lower classes and was an outspoken critic against those Marat believed to be enemies of the ...
The Triumph of Marat (French: Le Triomphe de Marat) is an oil on canvas history painting by the French artist Louis-Léopold Boilly, from 1794. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is in the collection of the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille , having been acquired in 1865.
Marie-Anne Charlotte de Corday d'Armont (27 July 1768 – 17 July 1793), known simply as Charlotte Corday (French:), was a figure of the French Revolution who assassinated revolutionary and Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat on 13 July 1793.
Jean-Paul Marat (1743–1793), French political theorist, physician, and scientist; Arts, entertainment, and media. Marat/Sade, a 1963 play by Peter Weiss;
Jean-Paul Marat: Radical journalist; Montagnard; assassinated by Charlotte Corday. François-Séverin Marceau: Soldier who participated in the storming of the Bastille; later a general. Marie Antoinette: Queen consort of France; deposed, guillotined. André Masséna: General; victor at the Battle of Zürich. Became Marshal of the Empire in 1804.
— Jean-Paul Marat (13 July 1793), to his wife, after being stabbed by Charlotte Corday "One man have I slain to save a hundred thousand." [6] [al] — Charlotte Corday (17 July 1793), prior to execution by guillotine "I shall look forward to a pleasant time." [41] — John Hancock, American merchant, statesman and Patriot (8 October 1793 ...
Simonne Évrard was born in Tournus,Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy to Nicolas Évrard, a ship’s carpenter, and his second wife Catherine Large. The eldest of three daughters, at the age of 12 she would end up taking care of her sisters when they were orphaned after the death of her father who was 50 years old at the time.