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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 ...
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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.
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.
At some point to find work Simonne moved to a shared residence at 243 St. Honoré Street Paris with her two sisters, Etiennette Évrard (b.1766), and Catherine Évrard (b.1769), whose husband, Jean Antoine Corne, was a typographer at L'Ami du peuple, newspaper of Jean-Paul Marat. [3]
Maximilien Robespierre, Georges Danton and Jean-Paul Marat in a portrait by Alfred Loudet, 1882 (Musée de la Révolution française) During the French Revolution (1789–1799), multiple differing political groups, clubs, organizations, and militias arose, which could often be further subdivided into rival factions. Every group had its own ideas about what the goals of the Revolution were and ...
Original - The French Revolution, 1793: a crowd celebrates the acquittal of Jean-Paul Marat. Alternate - Redid the levels, color balance, and contrast. Reason 215-year-old political cartoon of an event from the French Revolution: celebration of Jean-Paul Marat's acquittal for his role in the execution of Louis XVI of France.