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Events on Saturday 13 July 1793 2
1743 – 1793Jean-Paul Marat (1743-1793)Died 13 July 1793, aged 50A radical journalist and politician, Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, a Girondin sympathizer. His assassination made him a martyr of the Revolution, commemorated in Jacques-Louis David's famous painting.
1793Assassination of Jean-Paul MaratGirondin sympathizer stabs the radical journalistCharlotte Corday, a Girondin sympathizer, stabbed the radical journalist and politician Jean-Paul Marat to death in his bath in Paris. His death turned him into a martyr of the Revolution and intensified the Terror against perceived enemies of the Republic.