Guillotined

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Guillotined

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Jacques Cazotte Author 17-Oct-1719 25-Sep-1792 Diable Amoureux

Georges Jacques Danton Activist 26-Oct-1759 5-Apr-1794 Key figure in French Revolution

Camille Desmoulins Author 2-Mar-1760 5-Apr-1794 Touched off the French Revolution

Giuseppe Marco Fieschi Assassin 1790 19-Feb-1836 Attempted assassin of Louis-Philippe

Mildred Fish Harnack Spy 16-Sep-1902 16-Feb-1943 Guillotined by the Gestapo

Henri Landru Criminal 1869 25-Feb-1922 Bluebeard murderer of 10 widows

Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier Chemist 26-Aug-1743 8-May-1794 Father of modern chemistry

Louis XVI Royalty 23-Aug-1754 21-Jan-1793 King of France, 1774-91

Marie Antoinette Royalty 2-Nov-1755 16-Oct-1793 Cake proponent

Felice Orsini Assassin 1819 13-Mar-1858 Attempted assassin of Napoleon III

Robespierre Head of State 6-May-1758 28-Jul-1794 Presided over the Reign of Terror

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