1793 ⟶ Charlotte Corday Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
July 13: Charlotte Corday assassinates Jean-Paul Marat in hi...
Year
1790
1793
🔪 Marat Calls for Mass Execution of Aristocrats
July 26: Marat publishes a demand for the immediate execution of five to six hundred aristocrats to save the Revolution.⟶
French RevolutionMaratReign of TerrorViolenceRadicalismExecutionPolitical ViolenceAristocracyJacobinsRevolutionary Press
🔪 Charlotte Corday Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
July 13: Charlotte Corday assassinates Jean-Paul Marat in his bath. At her trial, she declares, "I killed one man to save a hundred thousand."⟶
AssassinationFrench RevolutionRadicalismViolencePolitical ViolenceMaratCordayReign of TerrorAtrocity
📰 Convention Orders Arrest of Marat for Incitement
April 12: The Convention votes to arrest Marat for using his newspaper L'Ami du peuple to incite violence and murder, and demand to suspend the convention. Marat goes into hiding.⟶
French RevolutionMaratThe ConventionPolitical ArrestViolenceFreedom of the PressRadicalismL'Ami du peuplePolitical Instability
🎉 Marat Acquitted by Revolutionary Tribunal, Sparking Celebrations
April 24: Marat is brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal, and is acquitted of all charges. His release causes riotous celebrations by his supporters.⟶
MaratRevolutionary TribunalAcquittalSupportersCelebrationPopular SupportPolitical ViolenceFrench RevolutionJustice SystemRadicalism
🔪 Charlotte Corday Executed for Marat's Assassination
July 17: Charlotte Corday is tried and sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Tribunal for murdering Marat. She is guillotined after her trial.⟶
French RevolutionAssassinationGuillotineJacobinsReign of TerrorPolitical ViolenceJusticeTrialsExecutions
🔪 Girondin Deputies Executed by Guillotine
October 31: The 21 Girondins deputies are guillotined.⟶
French RevolutionReign of TerrorGuillotineGirondinsPolitical PurgeExecutionRadicalismViolenceFactionalismAtrocity