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People of the Reign of Terror
- Maximilien RobespierreMaximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was baptised on the 6th of May 1758 in the city of Arras, located in Artois.
- Antoine Christophe SalicetiAntoine Christophe Saliceti entered the world on the 26th of August 1757 in Saliceto, Haute-Corse. His family traced their roots to Piacentine origins before…
- Jacques-Louis DavidJacques-Louis David was born on the 30th of August 1748 into a prosperous family in Paris. When he was about nine years old, his father died in a duel.
- Joseph FouchéJoseph Fouché arrived in the world on the 21st of May 1759 within the small village of Le Pellerin near Nantes. His father Julien Joseph Fouché worked as a…