Follow Jean-Paul Marat through 7 dated historical records for Switzerland.
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
Marat won election to the Convention and sat among the Montagnards. His prominence connected radical newspaper agitation with political combat inside the national legislature.
Role range: 1789-1792
Marat defended militant Parisian revolutionary politics against Girondin denunciations. Newspaper disputes and Convention speeches made the cleavage between the two groups increasingly bitter.
Role range: 1789-1792
Marat argued that the government must respond to hardships endured by ordinary Parisians. Food prices and suspected hoarding strengthened the political leverage of the sans-culottes.
Role range: 1793-1799
Marat's polemics encouraged distrust of alleged internal enemies as the Tribunal emerged. Radicals expected emergency justice to punish conspirators whom ordinary courts might fail to restrain.
Role range: 1793-1799
Marat was brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal after Girondin opponents secured accusations against him. His acquittal turned the prosecution into a triumph for radical supporters.
Role range: 1793-1799
Marat urged a forceful response against Girondin politicians. His attacks helped prepare an atmosphere in which insurgents demanded the removal of leading representatives.
Role range: 1793-1799
Marat was murdered by Charlotte Corday while working in his bath. His death made him a martyr for many Montagnards and intensified denunciations of the Girondin political milieu.
Role range: 1793-1799
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