Champ de Mars massacre
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The Champ de Mars massacre took place on 17 July 1791 in Paris at the Champ de Mars against a crowd of republican protesters amid the French Revolution. Two days before, the National Constituent Assem
Contemporary print by an anonymous artist. The caption reads "Men, Women, Children were massacred on the altar of the fatherland at the Champ de la Fédération"
Illustration of the massacre depicting Lafayette ordering his troops to fire on the protesters
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen in 1789
Georges Danton
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Georges Jacques Danton was a French politician and leading figure of the French Revolution. A modest and unknown lawyer on the eve of the Revolution, Danton became a famous orator of the Cordeliers Cl
Champ de Mars massacre
…Jean Sylvain Bailly used this incident to declare martial law. Lafayette and the National Guard under his command were able to disperse that crowd. Georges Danton and Camille Desmoulins had led the crowd, and they returned in even higher numbers that afternoon. The larger crowd was also more determined than the…
Georges Jacques Danton. Musée Carnavalet, Paris
Antoinette Gabrielle Charpentier, wife of Danton
The historic Cour du Commerce Saint-Andre in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house at No. 1 was where Georges Danton lived when he was the District President.
Cordeliers University Library – Paris – Front View (formerly Couvent des Cordeliers)