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'''Charlotte Corday''' (27 July 1768 – 17 July 1793), was a figure of the French Revolution. In 1793, she was executed under the guillotine for the assassination of Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat, who was in part responsible, through his role as a politician and journalist, for the more radical course the Revolution had taken. Corday believed his continued leadership would descend France into civil war. | |||
'''Charlotte Corday''' (27 July 1768 – 17 July 1793), was a figure of the French Revolution. | |||
In 1793, she was executed under the guillotine for the assassination of Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat, who was in part responsible, through his role as a politician and journalist, for the more radical course the Revolution had taken. Corday believed his continued leadership would descend France into civil war. | |||
Under the guise of providing a list of Girondists that were planning an uprising in Caen, she recieved an audience with Marat and stabbed him in the chest as he soaked in a medicinal bath. Corday was executed four days later for the murder via guillotine. | Under the guise of providing a list of Girondists that were planning an uprising in Caen, she recieved an audience with Marat and stabbed him in the chest as he soaked in a medicinal bath. Corday was executed four days later for the murder via guillotine. | ||
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Revision as of 04:28, 17 November 2014
Charlotte Corday (27 July 1768 – 17 July 1793), was a figure of the French Revolution. In 1793, she was executed under the guillotine for the assassination of Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat, who was in part responsible, through his role as a politician and journalist, for the more radical course the Revolution had taken. Corday believed his continued leadership would descend France into civil war.
Under the guise of providing a list of Girondists that were planning an uprising in Caen, she recieved an audience with Marat and stabbed him in the chest as he soaked in a medicinal bath. Corday was executed four days later for the murder via guillotine.