Jean Jaurès
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Auguste Marie Joseph Jean Léon Jaurès, commonly referred to as Jean Jaurès, was a French socialist leader. Initially a Moderate Republican, he later became a social democrat and one of the first possi
Jaurès in 1904
Jean Jaurès
Raoul Villain mugshot 1920
Commemorative plaque at the Café Croissant
Raoul Villain
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Raoul Villain was a French nationalist. He is primarily remembered for his assassination of French socialist leader Jean Jaurès on 31 July 1914, in Paris. Villain was acquitted by a jury of peers in 1
Jean Jaurès
…extreme provocation. On 31 July 1914, Jaurès was assassinated. At 9 pm, he went to dine at the Café du Croissant on Rue Montmartre. Forty minutes later, Raoul Villain, a 29-year-old French nationalist, walked up to the restaurant window and fired two shots into Jaurès's back. He died five minutes later at 9:45 pm…
Raoul Villain
The House of Raoul Villain in Bay of Cala de San Vicent as it stands in 2013