Sadi Carnot (statesman)
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Marie François Sadi Carnot, known as Sadi Carnot, was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894.
Official portrait c. 1880s
Illustration of Carnot's assassination
Assassination of Sadi Carnot
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On 24 June 1894, French President Sadi Carnot was assassinated by Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio in Lyon, France. A part of the Ère des attentats anarchist terrorist campaign, it led to a hi
Sadi Carnot (statesman)
…kar-NOH, French: ; 11 August 1837 – 25 June 1894), known as Sadi Carnot, was a French statesman who served as President of France from 1887 until his assassination in 1894. His presidency was marked by a series of poorly handled crises. General Boulanger's rapid rise and failed attempt to march on the Élysée in…
Johann Most, one of the main theoricians and inventors of the strategy of propaganda by the deed (1906)
Official portrait of Sadi Carnot (1887)
Caserio's dagger, featuring the inscriptions 'Toledo' (like the Spanish city) on one side of the blade and 'Recuerdo' (Remembrance) on the other.
Front page of Le Petit Journal, representing the attack (1894)