Charlotte Corday (1768-1793) played a prominent role in the French Revolution (1789-1799) when she assassinated radical activist Jean-Paul Marat in his bathtub on 13 July 1793. Despite her aristocratic background, Corday was an avowed republican who believed Marat and his Jacobin allies were corrupting the soul of the Revolution. Following her execution on 17 July, she became a revolutionary martyr.
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27 Jul 1768Charlotte Corday is born in Normandy, France.
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1782Charlotte Corday is sent to a convent in Caen, where she reads Enlightenment philosophers and becomes a republican.
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13 Jul 1793French revolutionary activist Jean-Paul Marat is assassinated in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday.
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17 Jul 1793Charlotte Corday is executed.
