Jean-Baptiste Carrier

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Jean-Baptiste Carrier was a radical French Revolutionary politician and Jacobin best known for orchestrating brutal mass executions during the Reign of Terror, particularly in Nantes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Revolutionary politician
Jacobin
human
category People executed by guillotine during the French Revolution
causeOfDeath guillotine
convictedOf abuses of power
crimes against humanity
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1756-03-16
dateOfDeath 1794-12-16
dateOfTrial 1794-11
ethnicGroup French
executedBy French First Republic
familyName Carrier
givenName Jean-Baptiste
hasEra 18th century
ideology revolutionary republicanism
languageSpoken French
mannerOfDeath execution
memberOf Jacobin Club
movement French Revolution
nativeLanguage French
notableFor drownings in the Loire
mass executions in Nantes
repression in the War in the Vendée
occupation lawyer
politician
opposedBy Thermidorian Reaction
surface form: Thermidorians
participantIn French Revolution
Reign of Terror
partOf Montagnards
surface form: Montagnard faction
placeOfBirth Auvergne NERFINISHED
Cantal
Kingdom of France
Yolet
placeOfDeath France
Paris
politicalAlignment radical
positionHeld deputy to the National Convention
representative on mission
religion Catholicism
representedIn National Convention
residence Nantes NERFINISHED
Paris
sexOrGender male
triedBy Revolutionary Tribunal
workLocation Nantes NERFINISHED
Paris

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Jacobin Club notableMember Jean-Baptiste Carrier